Split the sky with one claw, kill the legend! (5600)

A single Ice Dragon could deal 6 instances of damage.

Six of them combined meant a total of 36 instances of damage!

Moreover, 24 of them were double damage!

Cao Xing could only see a massive amount of damage numbers appearing in front of him.

[ – 153691 ]

[ – 141092 ]

[ – 71524 ]

[ – 60923 ]

[ – 221962 ！ ]

[ – 146623 ]

…

After all six Ice Dragons dissipated.

This burst of damage directly took away nearly four million HP from the Valkyrie remnant!

"Hum!"

After breaking free from the Ice Dragon tornado's restraint, the Valkyrie remnant flicked the flaming longsword in her hand.

A sword aura carrying a scorching aura instantly slashed through.

It cut open the walls covered in thick frost.

The cold air in the atmosphere was instantly evaporated, and the entire Sword Tomb was enveloped in a hazy mist.

She seemed angry at Cao Xing's previous attack and wanted to rush over to slay him.

However, Braum's [Giant's Roar] was still in effect.

The Valkyrie remnant had to continue attacking Braum.

The longsword in her hand slashed repeatedly, causing Braum's HP to drop chunk by chunk.

Behind Braum, Isabelle kept flipping through her sacred book, frantically casting healing skills to restore his HP.

Sarah and Assam were also constantly sharing the pressure for Braum.

Fighting until now, they had already dealt nearly thirteen million damage to the opponent!

However, this Valkyrie remnant still looked as lively as ever.

While casting spells, Cao Xing calculated the opponent's HP in his mind.

"Calculating based on an 84-level Dragon Speaker having nearly ten million HP."

"This woman's level is definitely not lower than 90, let's assume she is at the max level of 100."

"Then, a conservative estimate is 15 million HP!"

"Plus, since she is a mutated Sovereign-grade creature, her actual HP might reach 26 million."

"In other words, we have now dealt with about half of the opponent's HP."

Thinking of this, Cao Xing quickly pondered again.

Based on their current DPS reaching one million, Braum's Giant's Roar still had 12 seconds of duration.

In other words, they could completely kill the enemy before this taunt skill ended.

Of course, that was on the premise that the enemy was a wooden stake and wouldn't resist.

But this Valkyrie remnant was not only very agile, but her combat experience was also engraved in her bones.

Realizing she couldn't kill the enemy in a short time, she directly abandoned her attack.

Then, with a leap, she jumped into the air, a hundred meters high.

Beneath the golden mask, those dark brown pupils carried an expression of indifference to everything.

She held the longsword with one hand and slowly raised it.

The flames burning on it then extinguished.

The next moment, an invisible aura suddenly enveloped everyone.

Cao Xing said solemnly: "Is this another new burst skill?"

Although this skill had just been released and its specific power was unknown.

There was no need to think; this move was definitely terrifying!

Cao Xing just wanted to tell everyone to retreat and create distance.

But at this moment, he suddenly realized that he seemed to be frozen!

He couldn't move at all!

Cao Xing, along with Sarah, Assam, and others, were all frozen in place.

"Group control? And such a large range, that's so absurd!"

Before Cao Xing could think of a countermeasure.

The woman in the air softly spat out a few words.

"Illusion…"

"Void Slaughter!"

The next moment, she fiercely swung her sword.

Swish!

The sword aura was invisible, like a gust of wind passing through, directly sweeping across everyone!

Everyone felt a stabbing pain in their bodies, and then a huge damage number appeared above their heads.

[ – 716236 ]

[ – 760235 ]

[ – 624352 ]

[ – 735622 ]

[ – 734623 ]

…

Five damage numbers of six or seven hundred thousand appeared!

The entire ground of the Sword Tomb was shaved off by a layer!

And this was just the first sword strike.

Seeing that she was about to strike the second sword!

Cao Xing glanced at everyone's HP, which had all dropped significantly.

A bad premonition arose in his heart.

In the blink of an eye, Cao Xing quickly made a decision, preparing to use the [Moon God Sealing Orb] to interrupt her attack.

However, just as she was about to strike the second sword.

A golden light suddenly appeared above and on everyone.

Three layers of invisible sacred shields enveloped them.

"Click! Crack!"

The Valkyrie slashed down three consecutive times!

It just happened to offset the sacred shields on them.

Everyone stood in place, unharmed.

Seeing this, Cao Xing breathed a sigh of relief.

"Damn… it's a good thing the sacred shield refreshed."

"Otherwise, if we had to take this hit head-on, we would all be dead or critically injured!"

I have to say, this Valkyrie remnant is truly terrifying!

This burst skill just now, for anyone below level 70 without life-saving means, would kill as many as came!

Cao Xing didn't know if this was her most terrifying skill.

But fighting until now, the combat power of this Valkyrie remnant kept refreshing their cognition; it was simply incredibly powerful!

The Valkyrie remnant in the sky, after not instantly killing everyone with this wave of strikes, also felt very incredulous.

Her figure flashed, and she was about to rush to Isabelle's side to slay this Holy Light-type healer.

However, at this moment, Cao Xing directly took out an orb from his backpack.

It was the Moon God Sealing Orb!

"Whoosh!!"

As the pure Moon God's power erupted.

A cluster of bright moon enveloped the Valkyrie remnant completely and sealed her inside the full moon!

It even sealed her final expression along with it.

Cao Xing exclaimed in his heart: "As expected of an orb capable of sealing Legendary creatures!"

"Even one as powerful as the Valkyrie was frozen in place by me."

At this moment, without needing Cao Xing to say anything, everyone knew to seize the time and output wildly.

Frost Wolf Sword Aura!

Glory Tribute!

Slaughter Dance!

Skill after skill was thrown out!

The Valkyrie's HP poured out like flowing water.

And because the opponent was sealed and unable to resist.

Their DPS now increased from one million to two million!

In the third second of the Moon God Sealing Orb's duration, they dealt another five million-plus HP damage to the Valkyrie.

And according to Cao Xing's estimation.

She should only have about six million-plus HP left!

In the fifth second of the Moon God Sealing Orb's duration, the orb shattered in an instant!

And the opponent's HP was probably left with about two million or so.

The subsequent battle naturally had no suspense.

With these two million-plus HP, they could grind her to death even by fighting head-on.

Sure enough, after about ten more seconds.

Sarah snapped her fingers to trigger a burst.

"Boom!"

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Shadow Bloom erupted with a terrifying damage again.

At this moment, the Valkyrie remnant, who was holding the longsword, stumbled and almost fell to the ground.

She knelt on one knee, holding the longsword with one hand, struggling to support her body.

It seemed she could feel her consciousness rapidly dissipating.

The Valkyrie took a deep look at Cao Xing, and gradually had no breath left.

Seeing this, Cao Xing slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Finally solved…"

"This woman, she is a bit too perverted…"

This was the most powerful enemy Cao Xing had ever fought.

This woman was too terrifying. If he had called all the Masters in his territory, the battle might have been much easier, but there was also a possibility of casualties under the opponent's burst.

But fortunately, relying on the forces Cao Xing brought, they solved the opponent without damage.

Just as Cao Xing was about to walk over to check the Valkyrie's corpse.

A destructive fluctuation erupted from her body again!

"Sizzle~"

The sound of flames igniting rang out again!

This time, it wasn't her weapon, but her body.

Fiery red flames burned on the Valkyrie remnant's body.

And from the already deceased remnant, a vast power erupted.

She flew into the air uncontrollably, and her body began to change.

Her body grew taller again, the golden armor was dyed fiery red, and four butterfly wings made of flames grew out from her back!

Her red hair danced in the flames!

The whole person was like a female war god bathing in flames!

An aura far exceeding the Hero-grade rose within her body.

Seeing this scene, Cao Xing couldn't help but exclaim.

"Legendary!"

"Damn! This Valkyrie remnant can actually open a second form and erupt with Legendary combat power!"

This scene was unexpected even for Cao Xing.

Including others, a deep sense of powerlessness emerged in their hearts.

Like Hero-grade units, they could still find a way to fight head-on!

If the opponent had transformed into a Legendary, then there was simply no need to continue this battle.

At the same time.

The entire Land of Inheritance was shrouded in this Legendary-grade aura.

Outside the Sword Tomb, Wei Jianyi, Bai Zhi, and others were frozen in place with expressions of terror.

Because they discovered that under that terrifying power, they couldn't even move an inch.

It was as if they were lambs waiting to be slaughtered, waiting for the butcher's sentence!

At this moment, Cao Xing had already quickly made a decision in his heart.

"There's no other way, now I can only use my trump card!"

"While the opponent hasn't finished transforming, I'll kill her instantly!"

Thus, he took out the [Lizardman Statue] without hesitation.

And he invested 2 Divine Power Shards into it!

And the Divine Power value on the Lizardman Statue instantly reached 32 points from 12.

It was enough to use the first skill on it—Rending Claw!

Just to deal with a Legendary that hasn't finished transforming, 'Rending Claw' was enough.

He didn't hesitate to activate the skill on it.

The next moment, a huge lizard phantom appeared!

Its size was so immense that the entire Sword Tomb couldn't contain it.

A massive, destructive aura emanated from its body from time to time.

At this moment, the Valkyrie's remains suddenly opened their eyes!

Her gaze was locked onto the phantom of the giant lizard, and within it, she felt a massive threat!

She had just wanted to react.

However, that giant lizard had already raised its right claw.

It slammed down fiercely!

The claw was like a pillar supporting the sky, massive and hideous, its sharp tip appearing capable of easily piercing through any object.

And in the vision of the Valkyrie's remains, it magnified at high speed.

"Swish!"

This claw was fast to the extreme; Cao Xing saw that the space several thousand meters ahead had developed three cracks under this strike!

Then, following a series of "Crack! Crack!" shattering sounds.

The space shattered!

It was torn open directly by this claw!

Including the mountain ahead, as well as the Valkyrie whose entire body was burning with flames, were all enveloped by this claw.

"Puchi!"

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…

A nine-digit damage number appeared above the head of the Valkyrie's remains.

And her aura, which was on the verge of reaching the Legendary level, came to an abrupt halt…

Then, Cao Xing saw three cracks appear on the Valkyrie's remains as they plummeted from the sky like burning rain.

"Thump…"

After crashing to the ground, it never got back up again.

At this moment, everyone looked at the scene before them and involuntarily swallowed hard.

This claw not only sliced open the Sword Tomb but even sliced open the entire mountain!

The length reached over ten kilometers!

From their perspective, they could see the mountain outside the Sword Tomb and the snow-covered forest.

The howling cold wind poured in through these gaps.

In other words, this claw had directly broken open the inheritance grounds left behind by this Sword Saint.

Cao Xing exclaimed, "Perverted! Truly worthy of being a Demigod strike!"

"No wonder the description for this skill said it would destroy the terrain…"

"If this were unleashed against the Eternal Frost Main City, I'm afraid the entire main city would be easily obliterated by this single strike, right?"

At the same time.

Everyone's gaze turned toward the Valkyrie's remains that had fallen to the ground.

Must say, her physical body is truly terrifying!

If it had been any other creature, they would have long since been torn into pieces under this claw strike.

Yet, on her body, only three cracks had appeared.

But thinking about it, it was normal.

After all… this was the remains of a dead deity…

Even in death, it possessed unimaginable power!

Everyone waited for a long time, all standing by in full battle readiness.

Worried that this woman would be like last time, suddenly resurrecting again and erupting with even more powerful strength.

Fortunately, they waited for a full three minutes, and the Valkyrie's remains on the ground still showed no signs of resurrection.

This also meant that the opponent had truly been completely finished off by them.

However, the system did not send a kill notification.

A look of confusion appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

"Strange, why is there no notification? Could it be that killing such remains doesn't grant experience points?"

"Or is it that the opponent is still not dead?"

With a look of confusion, Cao Xing stepped forward to investigate.

After confirming, this Valkyrie indeed no longer had any signs of life.

A strange expression appeared on Cao Xing's face again.

He thought of another question.

"Damn it, not giving items for killing the Valkyrie's remains is one thing."

"Wasn't it said that by defeating the creature sealed in the Sword Tomb, one could receive the true inheritance?"

"Where is my inheritance?"

Just as Cao Xing was feeling depressed and preparing to have Sarah and the others search around.

A system notification appeared.

[Survivor, please note: You have passed all trials, the Sword Saint inheritance has been unlocked…]

…

Cao Xing felt a surge of joy.

"Haha, it's finally here."

At the same time, a mysterious force descended upon him.

Before he could be happy for long, a second system notification appeared.

[Due to the inheritor's information not matching, you cannot accept the power of the inheritance…]

…

The smile on Cao Xing's face froze.

He also felt extremely confused.

"Inheritor information doesn't match, unable to accept?"

"So, this inheritance really belongs to Wei Jianyi?"

"Damn it, is it that ridiculous?"

This was somewhat hard for him to accept.

After all, he had gone to such great lengths, and even used up two precious Divine Power Shards, just to finish off this Valkyrie.

And now, it turns out that this inheritance belongs to someone else.

Light kept flashing in Cao Xing's eyes, and then he gritted his teeth and said.

"Damn it, I can't just let it go like this."

"Sarah, Braum, go search the entire Sword Tomb, and take everything that can be taken!"

Letting Cao Xing return empty-handed was impossible.

Not to mention that this time, he had paid a huge price.

"Understood!"

Sarah and the others were just about to act.

But just then, from the ruins of that giant Sword Tomb, a rusty iron sword suddenly flew out.

"Clang!"

This rusty iron sword emitted a vibrating sound in the air, the rust on its surface fell off, gradually revealing the smooth-as-new blade inside!

A mysterious light erupted from the iron sword, filling the entire Sword Tomb, even making it impossible for people to open their eyes!

Vaguely, Cao Xing saw a figure walking towards them.

His figure was tall and straight, wearing a simple, archaic cyan robe, with his long hair tied casually behind his head.

A sword was tucked at his waist, like a wandering swordsman traveling the world.

Cao Xing focused his gaze.

[Shadow of the Nameless Sword Saint: ???]

[Level: ???]

[Attributes: ???]

[Skills: ???]

[Talents: ???]

[Status: Summoned Creature]

…

Seeing the information, Cao Xing more or less understood the other party's identity.

The phantom left behind by that Sword Saint was also the controller of this inheritance Sword Tomb.

He first looked at Cao Xing, then looked at the Valkyrie's remains on the ground, a look of emotion appearing in his eyes.

"I didn't expect that you actually slew the Valkyrie's remains… truly incredible…"

Cao Xing asked in confusion, "Isn't it said that one must defeat this woman to unlock the final inheritance?"

"Isn't it normal for me to defeat her?"

The other party slowly shook his head and said, "My purpose in leaving behind the Valkyrie's remains was only to test the combat power of the inheritor."

"However, the Valkyrie's remains are extremely powerful; after death, she will activate the divine power within her body, briefly possessing Legendary combat power."

"In that form, even in my prime, it would be difficult to deal with her."

"Therefore, the rule I set was that one only needed to defeat her first form, which is actually equivalent to passing my trial."

A look of realization appeared in Cao Xing's eyes.

So he didn't need to slay the Valkyrie.

After the Valkyrie's remains activated their second form, this Sword Saint phantom would appear.

He continued to ask, "Then does this count as me passing the trial?"

The other party nodded slightly, "Passed."

"However… you can also see that this inheritance of mine is not suitable for you."

A look of regret appeared on Cao Xing's face, then he said helplessly, "You didn't write it clearly on the inheritance, and I went to such great lengths to fight this Valkyrie."

"My losses are huge, do you know that?"

He acted as if it pained him greatly.

Hearing this, a look of apology appeared on the phantom's face.

"I am very sorry, this is indeed my oversight."

"I also didn't expect that a mage would pass my Sword Saint inheritance…"

He looked at Cao Xing with a complex expression.

All the inheritance conditions he set required using a sword; other classes couldn't even pass the first door.

But now, it had been forcefully passed by a mage, who on earth could he reason with about this?

A moment later, he suddenly remembered something, and then said, "However, I can give you a gift as compensation."

"Oh? What compensation?"

Cao Xing immediately became interested.

The Sword Saint phantom looked at the Valkyrie's remains beside them and said, "You can take her away."

Cao Xing was slightly stunned, "Take away the Valkyrie's remains?"

"Isn't she dead? What use is it for me to take her away?"

The Sword Saint phantom chuckled, "She is dead, but you can also see that there is a magical power in her remains."

"This power allows her to exert astonishing combat power even in death."

"I discovered this point at the time, so I risked falling, brought back her remains from that Land of Fallen Gods, and buried them in the Sword Tomb."

"Nurtured by various sword auras for a long time, a trace of consciousness was born on her remains."

"This trace of consciousness is pure and ethereal; she has no memories, equivalent to a newborn baby."

Cao Xing seemed to realize and asked uncertainly, "You mean…"

The Sword Saint's phantom said, "Just as you thought."

"You just extinguished all of her consciousness."

"In other words, a new consciousness can now be born on this Valkyrie's remains, and then you can instill memories into her."

"In this way, she will be 100% obedient to you and become your most loyal warrior."

Hearing this, how could Cao Xing not understand the meaning behind the Sword Saint phantom's words.

He could resurrect this Valkyrie's remains and have her obey his commands!

Thinking of this, his breathing became a bit rapid!

After all, Cao Xing had already deeply experienced the power of this Valkyrie.

If he could resurrect her and make her his combat power, then not only would he have another trump card, but the strength of his territory would also soar by a large margin!