Insufficient balance

  Ling Chen quickly got up from the ground, resisting the numbness in his body, and tried his best to keep himself balanced. In front of the greedy giant clam, if his body was in an unbalanced state, it would be extremely dangerous.

  Gasp!

  Gasp!!

  Gasp!!!!!!

  The next second, Ling Chen did not wait for the greedy giant clam's attack. It raised its head and started making a "gurgling" strange cry. The cry grew louder and louder until it reached an ear-shaking level.

  This action...

  Greedy sound wave? No! Greedy sound wave is not this sound, what kind of attack method is this? The greedy giant clam's earth-shattering attack that can only be triggered when its life is below 10%, all other attack methods he has already familiarized himself with, but this action and sound does not belong to any known prelude of an attack method...

  Wait!!

  Could it be... a hidden skill!?

  Lords and BOSSes above them often have one or more hidden skills. These hidden skills require specific conditions to trigger, and will not be detected by regular detection methods... nor can they be detected with a scroll of detection.

  Just as Ling Chen realized it, the information detected by the system came into his ears...

  "Ding... Warning! The greedy giant clam has activated an unknown hidden summoning skill, which will only be triggered when its life is below 50%. It will activate once every half hour after its life falls below 50%, please be careful in battle!"

  Summoning technique!?

  In Ling Chen's astonishment, five cyan-black rays of light suddenly descended from the sky and landed around the Greedy Giant Clam, casting five cyan-black shadows.

  Those were five giant toads that, while not as large as the greedy giant clam, were still over a person tall!!

  【Giant Clam】: Category: Beast, Level: 10, Rarity: 2-Star Elite, HP: 1600. A gigantic toad summoned by the greedy giant clam, with a dangerous attacking nature, its massive maw can easily swallow an adult human whole. Be cautious of its pounce and tongue stab.

  Five man-eating giant clams... Five level 10 two-star elites!

  The summoned giant clams immediately jumped over from both sides. Their jumping ability was also very high, and they covered a distance of four or five meters in one jump. In just a few jumps, they had already approached him from the left and right respectively. At the same time, a huge boulder was thrown over from the greedy giant clam's claws.

  Bang!!!

  Ling Chen continuously rolled backwards, dodging the boulder's impact and the splashing gravel, but before his body could stabilize, three dark green shadows pounced on him. With his spirit completely exhausted, Ling Chen had no way to avoid being struck by the simultaneous attacks of the three giant man-eating clams...

  Ling Chen's 270 HP was reduced to a critical state, if not for the previous consumption of Chi Xue Guo, he would have been killed directly. Under the three pounces of the giant man-eating clam, he stumbled backward and hit the stone wall behind him. He immediately held onto the stone wall tightly, almost falling to the ground. If he fell, another round of attacks from these giant clams would undoubtedly be fatal.

  Dodged the attack of two more giant clams, then quickly retreated at a speed of 120 to shake them off. Then quickly gulped down an orange potion and a life potion made by Wang Ji.

  "Ding... You used 'Wang Jie's Special Life Potion', maximum life +200, effect lasts for 1 hour."

  I thought the special life-saving potion would go to waste, but now it has to be used after all. Previously, facing a greedy giant clam, he was already in a state of panic, but what's comforting is that there was only one enemy, and there wouldn't be any other interference here, but now, the interference has arrived, and this time it's five at once!

  These little toads must be settled first, otherwise there is no way to continue.

  BOOM!!

  The greedy giant clam's big slap came, Ling Chen barely dodged it, but his reaction had already slowed down significantly and he almost fell to the ground due to the subsequent earthquake. His eyes turned cold, and in the gap after the greedy giant clam's attack, he rushed towards the five man-eating giant clams that were gathering together to pounce on him, a "small arc slash" cut through.

  Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

  The attack of the five man-eating giant clams was completely avoided by him with a slight sideways movement, and as he charged forward, his small arc slash swept across the bodies of the three closest man-eating giant clams.

  The defensive and evasive abilities of the giant clam are naturally incomparable to those of the greedy clam. Under the effect of the hit medicine and strength medicine, his attacks all hit and dealt over 100 damage. Ling Chen rushed to the back of the giant clams and made a reverse sweep, followed by a small arc slash and then left...

  Hit again. And at this time, the greedy giant clam's attack has also arrived, and the terrible tongue spear suddenly attacks from behind his back.

  The sudden approaching danger did not make Ling Chen turn back, but instead he jumped backwards in a split second, doing a large-scale backward roll, narrowly avoiding the trajectory of the tongue's swift and fierce thrust. He landed on the surface of the tongue, then leapt onto its head as the giant tongue recoiled, followed by three merciless "full-force strikes".

  His spirit had already overdrawn its limits, his body could hardly stand upright, but as death approached, his spirit still reacted so swiftly, and his body still burst out with a terrible strength... No one could understand what was supporting his spirit and body to persist until now without falling.

  What is his true limit after all... or does he even have a limit!?

  Gasp!!

  After three attacks, Ling Chen was thrown away as before, and the direction of the throw happened to be where the five man-eating giant clams were. Seeing his fall, the five man-eating giant clams all opened their huge mouths, and five tongues over a meter long shot towards him at the same time.

  Ling Chen's pupils contracted violently, he gritted his teeth and quickly swallowed a bottle of orange medicine that had just cooled down to zero, pulling his life value up to 436. Then, facing the attack of the giant man-eating clam, he made a small arc slash downwards.

  Ling Chen's sweep and the five man-eating giant clams' tongue stabs almost fell on each other at the same time. Ling Chen's life bar, which had just recovered, dropped to near zero. After landing, Ling Chen only had a few dozen points of health left, he didn't think twice, and ran forward with the fastest speed. The cooldown time for all healing potions was 5 seconds, and during this period, no other healing potions could be used. He couldn't even withstand an attack from one man-eating giant clam in his current state, so he had to give up attacking and focus on recovering his health with all his might. At the same time, he also realized that before eliminating the five man-eating giant clams, no matter how good the opportunity was, he couldn't go and attack the greedy giant clam again. The longer the man-eating giant clams existed, the more dangerous it would be!

  Twenty seconds later, with his full-strength running and dodging, the life value was finally replenished a bit by using a red potion that restored 100 lives. The orange potion that could restore 200 lives he only had about ten bottles of it, which must be used at critical moments to save his life, and cannot be wasted lightly.

  With a life of overflowing dust and cold light, he charged forward, facing the joint attack of the greedy giant clams and man-eating giant clams, and rushed straight towards the man-eating giant clam...

  ………

  One greedy giant clam's attack was enough to be terrifying, now with the addition of five man-eating giant clams, Ling Chen's pressure increased by more than one fold. His evasion focus could only be placed on the greedy giant clam that could kill him in one hit, while his tired body was attacked repeatedly by the man-eating giant clams. His attacks also swept across the man-eating giant clams in the gaps of his evasions.

  Gasp!!

  Finally, after a dozen or so consecutive small arcs of slaughter, the three giant clams that ate people were simultaneously emptied of life and fell under Ling Chen's Heartless Blade.

  "Ding...... You successfully killed three 10-level, two-star elite 'Giant Clams', reputation +60, skill potential points +60. Remaining skill potential points: 150."

  Eliminating the three man-eating giant clams, Ling Chen's pressure was greatly alleviated. He didn't attack again, dodged the Greedy Giant Clam's tongue stab, and quickly ran away. Then he immediately opened his skill panel and added 150 skill points to Little Arc Slash.

  The small arc slash has been upgraded to top grade and requires 150 skill potential points. In a flash of light, the small arc slash is upgraded again.

  【Small Arc Slash】: Current Level: LV5, Maxed. Apprentice Warrior's primary apprentice skill, swings the equipped weapon horizontally in front, drawing a small sword arc that deals damage equal to 120% of normal attack to up to 5 targets within a 4-meter range in front, with a 20% chance to knock back the target by one step. Consumes 7 MP, no skill cooldown time.

  "Ding... Your apprentice skills 'Full Force Strike' and 'Small Arc Slash' have both reached the top level. Apprentice Warrior's advanced apprentice technique 'Fury of Fire' is now unlocked."

  Ling Chen was taken aback for a moment, then quickly looked at the newly activated apprentice skill.

  【Fury Blaze】: Current Level: LV1, Max Level: LV5, Required Skill Potential Points to reach LV2: 40. Advanced Apprentice Skill for Novice Warriors, can only be unlocked after all Basic Apprentice Skills have reached max level. Activating this skill will trade life and defense for increased attack power at a cost. Effects: HP -10, DEF -10, Physical ATK +10, Duration: 10 seconds, Magic Consumption: 5, Cooldown Time: 1 minute.

  The ultimate skill of the apprentice profession is a physical attack power surge, but due to its harsh activation conditions, only a few apprentice warriors can activate this skill. Consuming life and defense in exchange for 10 more points of attack power, which is absolutely worth it for Ling Chen now... The effect time is too short, and the cooldown time is too long, the most surprising thing is that it requires 40 skill points to upgrade from LV1 to LV2!