SSS Grade Saint Knight - Chapter 63

Chapter 63: New Skill Effects! Progress! More Progress!

TL: YYang

“First, Light’s Punishment…”

With a thought, Zhou Yi summoned a surge of magical energy.

Around the white halo of Holy Light Guardian, a blue-gold halo suddenly appeared.

Crackle—

Simultaneously, he seemed to transform into a thundercloud.

Tiny bolts of lightning formed out of thin air around him, continuously flickering and crackling.

The A-Rank skill, Light’s Punishment, had been upgraded by Zhou Yi to LV4.

After casting, it allowed him to harness the power of lightning for 4 minutes.

Moreover, it enabled him to summon light-attribute magical lightning to strike designated enemies.

Although he had used this skill multiple times during previous training sessions, the mastery of lightning power post-casting still left him somewhat entranced.

“Strike!!”

Crackle!!!

Under Zhou Yi’s control, a flash of blue-gold lightning struck the training ground, seemingly out of nowhere!

It directly hit the midst of several walking training robots.

Boom!

The seemingly small lightning strike caused a massive explosion upon impact!

Several 1.8-meter-tall robots nearby were sent flying.

Their tough alloy exteriors were dented in the explosion, unable to recover.

More critically, countless blue arcs of electricity leapt and flickered between the robots, causing continuous secondary damage!

It took over ten seconds for the residual arcs to gradually dissipate, leaving behind the burning remains of the robots.

“The effect of the light-attribute lightning is much stronger than before, and the residual arcs cause secondary damage.

For something as sturdy as machinery, it’s already this effective. If it were to strike flesh, the effect would likely be even more terrifying.”

During the duration of Light’s Punishment, Zhou Yi could wield the power of lightning, summoning a light-attribute lightning strike on enemies approximately every second.

Of course, each summoning consumed a certain amount of mana.

Since this training was a combat evaluation before heading to the Tempest Mountain Range, Zhou Yi didn’t continue summoning lightning.

Instead, he unleashed the skills he learned yesterday…

“Holy Storm!!”

Amidst the surging holy light, 15 meters ahead, at the designated location.

Countless golden holy lights converged, gradually forming a hurricane 6 meters high and 2 meters wide!!

Whoosh! Whoosh!…

The howling wind caused the sleeves of Zhou Yi’s Forest light armor to flutter wildly.

Since it was 15 meters away, the storm only generated strong suction winds, not causing Zhou Yi’s tall figure to waver.

But the robots in the center of the storm were not so lucky.

Not only were they swept into the storm, but amidst the shining holy light, they continuously suffered light-attribute magical damage!!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In just three seconds, five or six training robots couldn’t withstand the damage and exploded!!

Simultaneously, on the nearby light screen projection.

Under the statistics of Xiao Hei, the AI responsible for monitoring Zhou Yi’s status, damage data continuously jumped:

[Light Attribute Magic Damage 1331!]

[Light Attribute Magic Damage 1367!]

[Light Attribute Magic Damage 1329!]

[Light Attribute Magic Damage 1340!]

…

The damage data flowed like a waterfall across the light screen projection.

It took a full twenty seconds for the Holy Storm to gradually dissipate.

[Total Damage: 26021!]

“The total damage of a single Holy Storm is over 26,000.”

Glancing at the statistics on the virtual screen, Zhou Yi was somewhat surprised.

If the health of the training robots were converted into data, it would be around 200 points.

Equivalent to a level 10 silver-grade elite monster, the Minotaur.

And his Holy Storm dealt approximately 1300 damage per second to all enemies within the storm, lasting 20 seconds, with total damage exceeding 26,000.

In other words, enemies like a level 10 Silver elite Minotaur would be instantly killed!!

“My damage might even surpass the spell attacks of pure mage professions.”

Zhou Yi was very satisfied.

In fact, besides Light’s Punishment and Holy Storm, the S-Rank skill God’s Hand should also fall within the spell attack range.

However, this was no longer a pure light-type skill, but a fusion skill of light and divine attributes!!

Before leaving Lijiang City, he had tested this skill in the villa at Beiyan Scenic.

As expected, the damage of a god-level skill was terrifying, leaving a giant pit 4 meters deep and about 10 meters wide in the training ground.

Had he not anticipated this and chosen to cast the skill in the open courtyard.

The entire villa might have been destroyed!!

Of course, as an S-Rank skill, casting God’s Hand nearly drained all his mana.

Now, with Zhou Yi’s strength further increased, the damage of the god-level skill God’s Hand would likely be even more monstrous.

However, this was merely a strength verification, and casting God’s Hand would leave insufficient mana for other skills.

Therefore, he didn’t plan to use this powerful god-level skill in this training.

“The support and spellcasting skills have been verified.

Next… it’s time for the melee skills.”

Whoosh!!

Zhou Yi slung the Mystic Light Warhammer over his back and dashed forward to the nearest training robot.

“Holy Fist Combo!!”

Zhou Yi slightly lowered his body, and his golden fists, imbued with holy light, struck like lightning!!

Jab, straight punch, hook punch!!

Three punches landed in succession, hitting the robot in front!!

Boom!!

Its hard alloy shell, capable of withstanding handgun bullets, was deeply dented under the impact of these three punches.

Then, with a loud explosion, it blew apart!!

“Holy Fist Combo, the damage is still a bit low, only serving as supplementary damage during skill cooldowns.”

Leaping away from the explosion range, Zhou Yi shook his head and re-gripped the Mystic Light Warhammer.

For most professionals, there was a cooldown period after casting skills.

This cooldown period varied in length, with longer ones lasting about 0.5 seconds and shorter ones about 0.1 seconds.

In ordinary battles, it might not matter much, but in life-and-death struggles, this less than a second of skill release cooldown could be fatal.

And Holy Fist Combo, as one of the primary skills for that top-tier third-transfer melee Saint Knight, didn’t actually have high skill damage.

The main reason was that this skill could be forcibly cast during the cooldown period after releasing other skills!!

Erasing that less than 1-second cooldown!

Such a skill, when used in actual combat, could have unexpectedly miraculous effects!

That’s why Zhou Yi chose it as one of his skill points.

“Skill verification complete, next is real combat.”

“Xiao Hei, release new training robots and activate level 5 combat mode!”

“Understood.”

Hiss—

Under Xiao Hei’s emotionless, cold electronic voice, dozens of training robots marched out of the warehouse in unison.

“Level 5 combat mode is activating, please prepare, trainee…”

Buzz—

In the training ground, the training robots, which previously had harmless blue lights in their eyes and moved back and forth along fixed paths, suddenly seemed to awaken with self-awareness.

Their eyes turned a scarlet red!!

Buzz—

Simultaneously, as energy surged, these training robots drew out various weapons from behind.

There were combat knives, warhammers, daggers, and even… machine guns!!

“Level 5 combat mode activated, training is about to begin!”

“3, 2, 1…”

“Begin!!”

As soon as the words fell, these robots each took on their roles, swarming towards Zhou Yi.

Robots wielding daggers gradually vanished under the effect of optical camouflage modules, while those with machine guns began firing wildly.

Meanwhile, robots wielding combat knives, warhammers, and shields charged towards Zhou Yi!!

“Now this is interesting!”

Zhou Yi laughed heartily, charging forward with the Mystic Light Warhammer, blessed by Weapon Blessing.

Da! Da! Da! Da!…

The training robots holding machine guns at the back pulled the trigger continuously, the muzzles spewing fire as bullets shot out with a powerful kinetic energy of 400 meters per second.

However, these bullets were all blocked by the white halo of Holy Light Guardian before they could reach Zhou Yi’s body.

They couldn’t cause any damage!

“Die!!”

Whoosh!!

The Mystic Light Warhammer, with a heavy whooshing sound, smashed into the first melee robot that approached.

Boom!

With just one hammer blow, the robot was sent flying, its eyes extinguished, unable to rise again!

At this moment, a slender robot figure appeared from the void, holding a dagger, and stabbed fiercely towards Zhou Yi’s back!!

A melee dagger attack also counted as physical damage, falling within the immunity range of Holy Light Guardian.

In theory, he didn’t need to worry, as the dagger couldn’t harm Zhou Yi.

But he quickly turned, using Holy Fist Combo to instantly end the cooldown!!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Under the force of three powerful punches, the slender training robot figure exploded mid-air with a bang!

“Again!!”

Picking up the Mystic Light Warhammer from the ground, Zhou Yi charged forward once more.

As the top villa at Suhang University, it not only provided a training ground but also had other additional functions.

For instance, it had artificial intelligence capable of monitoring and analyzing status, and currently, training robots that could switch combat modes!

It’s important to note—

Training robots had ten combat modes, ranging from level 10 to level 1.

Level 10 combat mode had low combat power, with training robots generally lacking cooperation.

By level 9 combat mode, they had some degree of cooperation.

And by level 5 combat mode, this cooperation had reached a proficient level!!

Combat power soared, equivalent to a small army!!

The highest level 1 combat mode was programmed based on the top legions frequently venturing into other worlds, with cooperation that was terrifying!!

Even the smallest mistake would be seized upon, gradually expanding until victory was achieved!!

In the three days since enrolling, he had only challenged up to level 6 combat mode, unable to break through further.

And today, he took a step further, attempting level 5 combat mode!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Rumble!

Amidst Zhou Yi’s relentless assault, swinging and releasing skills, robots continuously exploded and were torn apart.

Simultaneously, he realized that today’s more challenging combat scenario was actually much easier than before!!

Clearly, he had made significant progress!