SSS Grade Saint Knight - Chapter 20

Chapter 20: Tiger Assault, Air Slash, Such Ridiculous Strength!

TL: YYang

The Minotaur was massive, standing four meters tall, with thick skin and bulging muscles.

Its tough skin acted like a protective layer, shielding it from being burned to death by the flames.

“Area damage, and it’s continuous. Holy Light Cross truly lives up to its name as a B-Rank crowd control divine skill!!”

Seeing the terrifying damage caused by his Holy Light Cross, Zhou Yi’s eyes lit up.

Like talents, skills also had their own levels.

From low to high, they were F, E, D, C, B, A, and S, with higher levels providing stronger effects!

Of course, the higher the skill level, the harder it was to obtain.

The Holy Light Cross skill was something he got from a random skill book reward from the system’s daily tasks.

Since he hadn’t used it in actual combat before, he wasn’t sure how effective it would be.

Now seeing it in action, the damage from Holy Light Cross was even better than he had imagined.

Of course, Zhou Yi knew that his S+ talent, Protection of the Holy Angel, played a significant role.

If an ordinary Saint Knight were to use this skill, it wouldn’t have such high output.

“Only you left, Minotaur. Let’s finish this in one go.”

Zhou Yi smiled slightly, pulling out the battle axe still glowing with the golden light of Weapon Blessing, and charged at the Minotaur.

Though a monster, the Minotaur possessed a certain level of intelligence.

Sensing the disdain in Zhou Yi’s expression, the Minotaur snorted more heavily.

“Roar!!!”

With a roar, the Minotaur, enduring the continuous flame damage from Holy Light Cross, bent its body, horns forward, and charged at Zhou Yi.

Savage Charge!!

The Minotaur’s innate skill.

Once this skill was activated, the Minotaur would enter an invincible state, and no damage could interrupt its charge!!

Facing the charging Minotaur using Savage Charge, Zhou Yi didn’t dodge.

As he neared the Minotaur, he reached forward with his left hand.

Incredibly, Zhou Yi grabbed the invincible, massive Minotaur and carried it forward!!

[Tiger Assault LV5 (D-Rank): Grab an enemy in front and run a certain distance before throwing them, dealing multiple damage hits.]

Tiger Assault, a prerequisite skill for the Knight profession.

While not highly damaging, its ability to interrupt invincible states and grant the user invincibility made it a skill many Knights invested points in.

Tiger Assault was a skill Zhou Yi had learned before transferring.

Because of its utility over damage, he only leveled it to LV5.

Even so, the Minotaur Zhou Yi grabbed crashed with a bang into a towering tree with a diameter of over fifty centimeters!

The trunk shook, leaves fell, and bright red blood oozed from the Minotaur’s body.

“Roar!!!”

The Minotaur staggered to its feet.

Realizing its Savage Charge had been interrupted, it roared in fury.

Its dirt-brown skin, tinged with blood, quickly turned red, and its eyes glowed even more crimson.

It had entered a berserk state!!

In this berserk state, the Minotaur charged again at more than double its previous speed.

“Hmm?”

Zhou Yi’s eyes narrowed as he spun the battle axe like a windmill!

[Air Slash LV7 (E-Rank): Attack the enemy with a massive weapon, launching them into the air, and enter an invincible state when activated.]

Under the effect of Air Slash, the massive Minotaur was launched into the air by the battle axe!!

“Pure White Blade!!”

Without hesitation, Zhou Yi swung his arms, delivering a follow-up light attribute magic attack.

At the same time, the flames from the Holy Light Cross, radiating a sacred and dazzling glow behind Zhou Yi, continued to scorch the Minotaur, inflicting ongoing damage.

Under the multiple attacks, the already injured Minotaur’s condition worsened!!

At this moment, Zhou Yi swung his battle axe, bringing it down like lightning.

Swish—

The axe light flashed, leaving a wound over forty centimeters long on the Minotaur’s abdomen.

The wound was not only long but also very deep.

You could even see the Minotaur’s internal organs writhing through the wound!!

Splat—

Blood gushed from the wound like a faucet.

The berserk state, while granting the monster greater strength, also made it take more damage.

Now, with the accumulated damage and the massive abdominal wound, even the silver-grade Minotaur couldn’t withstand it.

With a thud, it collapsed to the ground.

Its massive weight caused the ground to tremble slightly upon impact.

“Phew, finally settled.”

Looking at the massive Minotaur corpse on the ground, Zhou Yi exhaled a sigh of relief.

So far, this silver-grade Minotaur was the toughest monster he had faced.

Buzz~~~

With all the monsters defeated, a portal of light appeared.

“Slow Healing.”

Casting a healing spell on himself, Zhou Yi wasted no time and stepped through.

…

…

“Wow!!”

Outside, the audience erupted in cheers once again.

Due to Zhou Yi’s fierce and powerful performance, everyone was in awe.

“Holy crap, that Holy Light Cross is so powerful, it wiped out all the low-level monsters!”

“With Holy Light Cross being this strong, and you tell me Saint Knight is a support class? You must be joking!”

“I’ve decided, I want to become a Saint Knight in the future too!”

“Hehe, Saint Knight is a hidden profession; it’s not something you can just choose to become!”

“…”

Seeing the terrifying area damage of the Holy Light Cross, all the students present were tempted!

These were monsters from a Nightmare-level dungeon.

Each one could be a BOSS in a simple dungeon.

And now, just one Holy Light Cross incinerated them all!

This alone demonstrated the skill’s dominance.

Of course, while everyone said this, they knew that transferring to the hidden profession of Saint Knight was incredibly difficult.

“There’s only one elite monster left, here comes… the most exciting part!”

Many teachers and students watched the screen intently.

When Zhou Yi used Tiger Assault to lift the invincible Minotaur, the students erupted in astonishment.

“Holy crap, Tiger Assault worked? What’s going on?”

“It’s shocking, a human lifting and slamming a four-meter-tall Minotaur into a tree!”

“…”

Tiger Assault, as a prerequisite skill for the Knight profession, was mastered by many.

Unlike the simple skill description, achieving the grab effect required a series of complex checks!!

These checks were closely related to the skill user’s strength attribute and the target being grabbed!

If the target was a regular monster like a cat demon, the skill would easily succeed.

But with a massive elite monster like the Minotaur, failure was likely!

Not to mention this elite Minotaur was in Savage Charge and invincible states.

Successfully executing Tiger Assault at level 10 was nearly impossible!

“Holy crap, Air Slash succeeded too!!”

Another exclamation rang out.

Seeing the Minotaur launched into the air by Zhou Yi’s massive axe on the screen, many students who knew the skill were dumbfounded.

Air Slash, like Tiger Assault, required complex strength checks to achieve the described effect.

Moreover, Air Slash was an E-Rank skill, with stricter conditions for success than the D-Rank Tiger Assault!!

And the Minotaur was in a berserk state at the time!!

Yet, even so, Air Slash succeeded!

“Tiger Assault, Air Slash, both succeeded, and during the Minotaur’s berserk state—this strength is ridiculous!” A student exclaimed in awe.