Chapter 204 First-Tier Combat Power
If Eric's strength could be elevated to the level of a Tier 1 official Swordsman, dealing with the Overlord Grade Blaze Serpentess would be much easier.
With 500,000 health points and the Overlord's super-strong combat recovery ability, it can recover 10,000 health points every 5 seconds. Not to mention the terrifying attacks and powerful skills of the Blaze Serpentess. Without a DPS of over 2,000 per second, the Blaze Serpentess is practically invincible to players.
This is one of the reasons why even elite groups of over a hundred people can't take down an Overlord.
Attempting a frontal assault on the Blaze Serpentess would be a guaranteed wipeout, even for a thousand-man group.
However, with the Solar Flame Scriptures, the outcome would be very different.
Previously, when Eric hadn't obtained the Scorching Heartforge, he had almost no confidence and was just trying his luck since there was nothing to lose. But now, Eric had some confidence in killing the Blaze Serpentess.
Although Eric had never seen the power of a Simulated Transcendent Weapon, based on his estimates, it should at least reach the level of a Tier 1 official Swordsman.
Eric then took out the Simulated Transcendent throwing weapon Blaze Comet from his backpack and equipped it.
Blaze Comet, throwing weapon, Obsidian Level, requires 120 strength and 140 agility to equip.
Attack power (value is player's total strength * 2)
Strength +50, Agility +65, Stamina +10.
Attack speed +5.
Maximum throwing distance 135 feet.
Ignored monster level +8, increased attack speed by 15%, had a 35% chance to ignore defense when attacking, a 30% chance to trigger a quadruple phantom effect with each phantom dealing 50% fire damage, a 10% chance to trigger a knockback effect, and a 5% chance to trigger Pyroclasmic Amplification, reducing fire damage by 200 points per second for 10 seconds, stacking up to 5 times.
It came with the skill Wrath of the Flame God, dealt physical and fire damage within a 120*9 feet range, caused 900% damage to the first target, decreasing by 10% for each subsequent target, with a minimum of 500% damage, and had a cooldown of three minutes.
Blaze Comet was forged by Grandmaster Blacksmith Selura. Due to material limitations, it granted the user the Simulated Transcendent power of mortal limits. If Epic Level fire materials could be gathered, it could be reforged into an Epic Level item. It was exclusively bound to Eric, could not be dropped, and could not be traded.
After equipping it, Eric's attributes skyrocketed, with strength reaching 174 and agility reaching 206, just shy of the requirements for equipping the legendary item fragment Divine Breath of the Celestial Dragon, which requires 200 strength and 120 intelligence.
With the boost from the Simulated Transcendent Weapon, Eric's throwing weapon attack power reached 696, with melee two-handed attack power at 444 and 426. The base damage he could deal from a distance was far exceeded his melee capabilities. Additionally, because Blaze Comet ignores monster level +8, Eric wouldn't suffer a damage reduction when facing level 25 monsters due to level suppression.
Since Eric's agility attribute reached 200 points, he also unlocked the hidden passive skill Shadowless Step, increasing movement and attack speed by 20%, significantly reducing stamina consumption during movement combat, allowing him to walk on water, leap 30 feet, and increasing evasion by 10%.
With these enhancements, Eric felt even more confident.
"Time to start clearing the monsters." Eric set his sights on the elite and special elite monsters in the distance.
Since his ranged attacks were now more powerful than his melee attacks, he naturally wouldn't use the laborious and unrewarding method of close combat. He could completely adopt the basic kiting tactics like a Ranger to kill the Nagascale Thrall, making it both quick and safe.
At a distance of 129 feet, two level 25 elite Blazing Nagas and one special elite Blazing Naga Warrior were whispering to each other. They hadn't noticed Eric, who was engulfed in deep blue flames. Eric took out the slender, fiery red throwing needle Blaze Comet and launched an attack on the Blazing Naga standing in the middle.
The Blaze Comet pierced through the air, transforming into a meteor that instantly struck the Blazing Naga Warrior's forehead, simultaneously triggering the defense-ignoring and phantom effects.
The Blazing Naga Warrior didn't even have time to scream before a series of huge damage numbers appeared above its head.
Eric himself could hardly believe it. Even with the boost from the Solar Flame Scriptures, the power was still astonishing. A single normal attack dealt over 4,500 damage, nearly one-tenth of the Blazing Naga Warrior's health. Just 11 hits would be enough to take down a level 25 special elite.
In the entire "Divine Realms: Legends", probably no one other than Eric could achieve such a feat.
Due to Eric's ferocious attack, the three Nagascale Thralls roared and charged at him with ferocious expressions, gradually separating from the main group.
When the three Nagascale Thralls were within 60 feet of Eric, a Frostbite Grenade froze them in place, dealing 300 damage.
Eric didn't hesitate, continuously throwing the Blaze Comet and attacking the three Nagascale Thralls. The effects of the Blaze Comet kept triggering, with damage numbers exceeding a thousand points appearing frequently, and occasional critical hits dealing over two thousand points.
The three Nagascale Thralls were utterly helpless, resorting to fire magic attacks against Eric. However, Eric could always anticipate their attack positions and dodge in advance, never letting a single fire spell hit him.
In less than 2 minutes, the two elites and one special elite were dead, contributing a significant amount of experience points and Flamecrystal Ember to Eric. Perhaps due to the Blessing of Shadows effect, the special elite dropped a level 22 Dark Iron Plate Armor.
Eric then repeated this process, continuously attracting and killing Nagascale Thrall elites and special elites.
Although the repetition was tedious, the thought of the Flamecrystal Ember and various level 20 to 25 equipment the Nagascale Thralls provided significantly reduced his mental fatigue.
Unknowingly, over 4 hours had passed, and Eric had almost cleared out all the obstructive Nagascale Thralls. He had also leveled up to 15, just shy of reaching level 16.
Taking a break to recover his stamina, Eric opened the level Honor Board of Silvervale City.
The first place on the Silvervale City level Honor Board was currently level 13, which surprised Eric. He couldn't understand how someone could level up so quickly in such a short time. Reaching level 11 would already be impressive, but level 13 seemed almost impossible. Could this person also be farming higher-level monsters?
When Eric saw that the first place was named RogueVortex, he was taken aback. Who was this person? He had never heard of them. The second place was Ice Goddess Isabella at level 12, followed by another level 12 in third place. The top ten were all level 12, which left Eric feeling a bit confused. He couldn't understand how this was possible, as the leveling speed seemed excessively fast.
This made Eric feel puzzled.
'Could it be the butterfly effect?' Eric speculated to himself.
Although players' leveling speed did indeed increase significantly after entering Silvervale City, it shouldn't be this fast.
The level rankings from eleventh to fiftieth place were all level 11, which was still within reason. If all these people were level 12 or 13, Eric would be speechless.
Even though the first place had reached level 13, they couldn't even see Eric's shadow. These people would probably be even more shocked.
After reaching level 15, Eric allocated all his free attribute points to intelligence in order to equip the Divine Breath of the Celestial Dragon as soon as possible, but it was still a drop in the bucket.
"It's about time to deal with you," Eric stood up abruptly after recovering to perfect condition, smiling as he looked at the still frolicking Blaze Serpentess.