Finally encountered a big guy! Another instant kill!

In this deep-sea area, a full 31 remaining Ice Crystal Avatars began spitting various ranged attacks at Qin Feng.

Deep-sea whirlpools formed one after another, each lasting for 12 seconds once created.

Within those 12 seconds, they continuously depleted Qin Feng's 'Invulnerability' affix.

But fortunately…

When Qin Feng moved, his Invulnerability affix recovery speed increased tenfold; this was the 'Slippery' Order effect attached to his boots.

'Truly perverse.'

"The basic attacks of these Ice Crystal Avatars are ice breaths. Once frozen, you're completely unable to take any action…"

That freezing was a mechanism at the level of Divine Rules; even Qin Feng's Order could not withstand it.

'Despicable Terminator' and 'Sniper Invalidation,' two excellent life-saving measures, were both temporarily rendered completely ineffective.

In the deep-sea waters.

Glaciers manifested one after another in a crisscross pattern. Qin Feng maneuvered between them, not even having time to use 'Bone Scraper Blade.'

If he used Bone Scraper Blade on these Ice Crystal Avatars, Qin Feng's damage would increase at least tenfold.

But luckily, these Ice Crystal Avatars didn't have much health, so Qin Feng was still killing them in one hit…

After having his Shadow Clone thaw him out,

the Death Wings on Qin Feng's back moved, carrying him in an instant flash to the front of an Ice Crystal Jellyfish.

Instant Extinction!

Instant Extinction!

Another one dealt with!

Unfortunately, Qin Feng was frozen once again…

And then rescued by his Shadow Clone again.

Repeating this cycle, the number of Mythic Ice Crystal Avatars in the field grew fewer and fewer. To Qin Feng's regret, these avatars simply vanished upon Death; they didn't count as monsters, so he couldn't use Greedy Hand…

16 remaining.

15 remaining.

14 remaining.

…

When only nine Ice Crystal Avatars were left, Qin Feng suddenly discovered that the health bars above those nine differently-shaped avatars had all abruptly vanished!

???

"Pulling this trick?"

"Hiding their health bars?"

Qin Feng felt a headache coming on!

If it were just a greyed-out health bar indicating a health-lock state, Qin Feng could try using an Upper Affix to bypass that phase…

But the enemy had hidden their health bars entirely, essentially turning into environmental units!

How was he supposed to fight that?

Worse yet, despite having no health bars, those nine Ice Crystal Avatars continued to tirelessly spray water and ice at Qin Feng!

Qin Feng dodged incessantly, but the wide-range suction of the deep-sea whirlpools caused his Invulnerability affix to dwindle lower and lower…

Finally, Qin Feng's Invulnerability affix was reduced to zero!

Stripped of his crowd-control immunity, Qin Feng was quickly sucked toward one of the deep-sea whirlpools, with glaciers following closely behind him.

It was easy to imagine that once caught, he would be infinitely frozen until Death!

Since he hadn't found a better way yet,

Qin Feng activated Shadow Incarnation again!

Although the glacial freezing could dispel all his buffs, the deep-sea whirlpools could not.

So, in his Shadow Incarnation form, Qin Feng continued to flee through the area, dodging the ice crystals spat out by those avatars…

After holding out for about half a minute, Qin Feng sensed the silhouette of another boundless giant appearing in the depths of the sea directly below!

"That is…"

"The core avatar of World Spine · Sea!"

Qin Feng's Original Shadow Perception told him that an immense, boundless whale had appeared beneath him!

The great whale had 11.8 billion health points, and its entire body was surrounded by a light blue fluorescence, looking exquisitely beautiful…

The pressure from this deep-sea colossus was maxed out!

Even though Qin Feng's Original Shadow Perception could cover dozens of kilometers, at this moment, he couldn't even sense just how massive the whale's body truly was!

In fact, if not for Original Shadow Perception, Qin Feng wouldn't even have known that the gargantuan creature was shaped like a whale.

"11.8 billion HP!"

"Even if this big guy's defense, Fixed Defense, and damage reduction are similar to those Ice Crystal Avatars just now, I'll still need ten bursts of damage to take it down."

"Ten hits… god knows how many mechanics are hidden in between?"

Qin Feng frowned.

There was a very simple method: use 'Bone Scraper Blade' to directly nullify two of the target's 'damage reduction' layers. As long as Bone Scraper Blade hit, the subsequent damage would absolutely one-shot this big guy.

But the key was…

There were still nine differently-shaped Ice Crystal Avatars nearby, constantly spitting ice!

Bone Scraper Blade required three seconds of charging. Although he would be invincible while charging, the freezing glaciers spat by those ice crystals were Divine Rule mechanisms that completely ignored invincibility!

Simply put.

Before those freezing glaciers, all defensive measures were useless.

Furthermore, once Qin Feng was frozen, the charging of Bone Scraper Blade would be interrupted…

However.

Qin Feng did not abandon the idea of one-shotting this great whale.

This whale was the core avatar of World Spine · Sea!

It possessed numerous means and skills, and likely many Divine Rule skills as well. Fighting it through the normal process would be extremely complicated!

It wasn't that he couldn't fight it, but if he could one-shot it, why bother with the mechanics?

"Finally…"

"I've finally encountered a boss with a large enough body."

"The damage bonus from Deathwing Angel's 'Like a Shadow' can finally be maxed out!"

Ever since obtaining the 'Like a Shadow' skill from the Deathwing Angel, Qin Feng had rarely been able to max out this passive damage.

Because for Qin Feng's attacks to hit a target, his speed couldn't be too much faster than the opponent's…

Otherwise, a single dash would send Qin Feng over a thousand meters away, causing his attacks to miss by hundreds or thousands of meters.

But now.

This great whale was simply too massive!

Qin Feng could launch attacks while moving; even at full speed, he could make every attack accurately hit the target!

Add to that the fact that the whale's head alone was several kilometers in diameter; after the weak points were magnified over ten times, dozens of kilometers of this sea area were effectively the whale's weak point…

"Awesome!"

Holding the Blade of Judgment and White Sprout Blade, Qin Feng instantly deactivated his Shadow Incarnation state!

Just as the great whale rose from below, preparing to launch a skill at Qin Feng,

Qin Feng struck first.

He turned and used 'Thieving Hand of the Saint,' stealing a full 8,000+ four-dimensional attributes!

Immediately after, his Death Wings carved eight pitch-black lines through this fluorescent blue sea, crossing a distance of over a thousand meters in an instant and bringing forth two flashes of Instant Extinction blade-light…

These two slashes fully utilized the 'Like a Shadow' damage bonus from the Deathwing Angel.

1000%, a tenfold damage increase!

——

-514 million (Weak Point Attack)!

-19.789 billion (Weak Point Attack)!

[You have killed 'Core Avatar · World Spine · Sea (Lv40)'!]

——

The health bar of the super-giant whale spanning dozens of kilometers was emptied in an instant…

The big guy had only just opened its mouth, intending to release some skill at Qin Feng, only to be taken down by two slashes, shattering into ice crystals on the spot!

"Ah, wait, let me loot it first!"

Qin Feng acted decisively, sheathing his daggers and releasing 'Greedy Hand' toward the surrounding shattered ice crystals of the great whale!

Ding!

The beautiful and pleasant notification sound rang out, giving Qin Feng a long-awaited sense of satisfaction!

However, Qin Feng did not stay in place for long.

He discovered that upon killing the core avatar of the World Spine, the surrounding seawater began to freeze into ice!

Before the surrounding water could completely turn into a glacier, Qin Feng picked up all the loot in the field and used a teleport stone… to go home!

At the same time…

The system notification of Qin Feng killing the World Spine echoed in the minds of all players globally.

Not only that, the news of the first World Spine being killed in the Blue Star Civilization also spread to—the various temples within the Order Land!