Lord: Sequence Overlord

Chapter 28 Shadow Cloak and Death Blow

Chapter 28

"My flashbang wasn't wasted!"

Wearing sunglasses, Rosen jumped out of the window and activated his Elemental Shield Necklace to create an elemental shield around himself.

Only then, braving the raging flames, did he manage to retrieve all the orbs of light that had fallen after the Shadow Cat's death.

The hunting ability of the Godslayer Crossbow has been activated again, just like last time, it is activated on the hunter sequence.

This made Rosen wonder whether hunting hunters of the same rank would increase the chances of a successful hunt, or whether hunting hunters of higher ranks would increase the chances of a successful hunt.

After considering it, Rosen decided that the latter was the better choice, since hunting animals of a higher level is inherently very difficult.

If simply being of the same sequence could increase hunting success, then hunters of the same sequence would have been fighting tooth and nail long ago.

Back in the mysterious study, Rosen took stock of the six spoils of war.

Two skill crystals, two portions of extraordinary source material, one spiritual crystal, and finally, one extraordinary artifact.

He casually put the spiritual crystal away; he no longer cared about these thousand or so spiritual crystals.

As for the extraordinary source material, there is a Hunter sequence and a Shadowcat sequence, both of which are Sequence 8.

This time, Rosen was reluctant to transform his extraordinary essence into spirituality.

Because this time, the extraordinary source material he obtained was all intact, unlike Bennett's which was incomplete. After special processing, these intact extraordinary source materials had many uses.

Rosen picked up the skill crystal and, after spiritually sensing the information within, beamed with delight.

The two extraordinary skills are Death Strike from the Hunter sequence and Shadow Escape from the Shadowcat sequence.

There are many extraordinary abilities that can produce the Shadow Cloak effect, and the Shadow Cat's Shadow Cloak is one of the best.

Humans cannot master the Shadow Cat's Shadow Cloaking ability unless they are transformed through hunting.

Therefore, the strongest aspect of the Hunter sequence is hunting ability, which allows the hunter to transform the extraordinary abilities of different supernatural creatures into their own skills through hunting.

Of course, the chance of this conversion is very low, and the skill crystal formed can usually only be learned once.

If other hunters want to learn Shadowcat's Shadow Cloak through self-study, this extraordinary ability needs to be broken down to its most fundamental level before they can learn and master it on their own.

If it weren't for this restriction, the Hunter sequence might be even more terrifying than the four major civilization sequences.

In fact, every sequence has its advantages and disadvantages. The only way to achieve true perfection is to continuously improve the sequence level.

Rosen held the skill crystal in his mouth and refined it with his own spirituality.

Two hours later, he successfully mastered two acquired superhuman abilities.

While there is theoretically no limit to the number of acquired extraordinary abilities one can master within the same sequence, it is actually best not to exceed three. This is because quantity does not equate to quality. Acquired extraordinary abilities require self-improvement of skill levels, and learning too many will only lead to a mediocre understanding and a misguided path.

Rosen didn't hesitate to refine the two skill crystals, mainly because both skills were very suitable for hunters.

【Death Strike LV1: Can compress spiritual energy, increasing the damage of the next attack by up to 200%, and subsequent damage will gradually decrease from 200% to 100%. Compressing spiritual energy will consume up to double the amount of spiritual energy.】

This is a very powerful continuous damage-boosting skill, equivalent to doubling your base combat power for a short period of time.

This is only LV1; it has great potential for evolution to higher levels. Looking at Shadow Cloak, Rosen values ​​this extraordinary ability even more than Death Strike.

[Shadow Cloak LV1: Allows you to instantly blend into the surrounding shadows and move at high speed within them, including a teleportation. Damage taken while in the shadows is greatly reduced, and damage dealt will be inflicted with a certain amount of shadow attribute damage.]

The ability to use Shadow Cloak is very strong, and it's the mobility ability that Rosen lacks the most.

In the past, he only dared to ambush his prey in the mysterious study and never dared to confront supernatural beings head-on, because while his damage was not weak, he was weak in other aspects. Now that he has the Shadow Cloak ability, he dares to call himself a qualified hunter.

Of course, Shadow Cloak also has weaknesses; he used a flashbang to ambush and kill Shadow Cat.

The reason why so many Shadow Cats were easily wiped out by humans back then was not only because the highest level a Shadow Cat could reach was Sequence 7, but also because Light could suppress Shadow Cats, directly rendering their proud Shadow abilities useless.

If Shadowmeld wants to overcome its weakness against Light, it must either increase its skill level or its sequence level.

At skill level 6 or sequence level 6, shadow can negate the restraint of light, and even restrain light in turn.

Rosen familiarized himself with the two supernatural abilities before coming to the coffee table and picking up the last orb of light.

This is a Sequence 8 artifact, but it's an artifact with side effects.

In fact, almost all extraordinary items dropped by extraordinary creatures have various negative effects.

These are sunglasses that can significantly improve visual perception in both bright and dim light. Everything you see will become exceptionally clear when you wear them, but the price is that you will be blind for as long as you wear them.

Rosen casually tossed the sunglasses onto the coffee table; with his Hunter's Eyes, they were of no value to him.

Despite being Sequence Level 8, it is actually the lowest level of extraordinary artifacts.

If Shadow Cat didn't drop its extraordinary essence after it died, but instead this pair of sunglasses fused with that extraordinary essence, the resulting extraordinary artifact would be extremely valuable. However, since we already have two skill crystals, being greedy would be disrespectful.

Rosen went to the window and looked out through the Hunter God's Eye.

The commotion caused by the Shadow Cat's death was quite significant; if there were other Shadow Cats nearby, they would surely stalk over.

Although he has mastered Shadow Cloak, he may not be able to fool the other Shadow Cats.

Rosen has now acquired skill crystals and over ten thousand extraordinary spiritual essences, which he can exchange for Martha's spell cards at any time. When the Spirit Realm closes, he won't have to worry about the threat of the Black Shark at all.

He remained calm under these circumstances, picked up his paintbrush, and continued to draw flashbangs to counter Shadowcat.

He no longer intended to leave the Mysterious Study; he planned to lie in wait there and wait for the Shadow Cat to come to him.

They kill as many as they can, and even collect their spoils using monkeys depicted in spiritual paintings.

As long as he doesn't leave the mysterious study, those shadow cats pose no threat to him.

Rosen calculated the time; there were still six days until the Spirit Realm closed. The duration of each opening of a different Spirit Realm varied, with some resetting every few hours, while others, like the Death Forest, lasted for nine days, and still others lasted for years or decades.

As for those spirit realms that are permanently open and have no time loop, they are spirit realms that have been completely mastered by the permanent strategy guide of the extraordinary sequence.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye, and Rosen had already accumulated a large number of spiritual paintings depicting flashbangs.

It has to be said that Shadowcat is really patient and holds a grudge. Two days have passed and the Shadowcat who was staking out the area has not only not left, but has also called in more Shadowcats. However, the number is not very meaningful to him. For those below Sequence 6, Flashbang is the nemesis of all Shadowcats.

(End of this chapter)