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  "Good... Fury of Fire!"

  He let out a soft cry, and Ling Chen activated this newly unlocked skill. A faint red glow instantly appeared on the surface of his body, his defense and HP simultaneously decreasing, while his attack power increased by ten points. With a weak red light, Ling Chen quickly turned around and charged towards the last two giant man-eating clams.

  Under the fire of anger, Ling Chen's damage to the man-eating giant clams increased significantly. In his continuous small arc slash attacks, the last two man-eating giant clams finally fell down.

  "Ding...... You successfully killed two 10-level, 2-star elite 'Giant Clams', reputation +40, skill potential points +40. Remaining skill potential points: 40."

  With 40 skill points, just enough to upgrade Fury Fire to level 2, he didn't hesitate to put all his skill points into it, upgrading Fury Fire from LV1 to LV2.

  【Fury Blaze】: Current Level: LV2, Max Level: LV5, Required Skill Potential Points to reach LV3: 90. 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 the cost of burning life and sacrificing defense. Effects: HP -20, Defense -20, Physical Attack +20, Duration: 20 seconds, Magic Consumption: 10, Skill Cooldown Time: 1 minute.

  The upgraded effect of Furious Blaze has increased several times, with attack power increasing by 20 and lasting for 20 seconds. However, the consumption of life, defense, and magic has also doubled.

  Finally cleared all the man-eating giant clams, Ling Chen's mind relaxed slightly, but this slight relaxation almost made him fall to the ground. He bit his tongue hard, barely keeping his nearly collapsing spirit awake, and then walked forward, keeping himself at a distance of exactly ten meters from the greedy giant clam. He stared wide-eyed, using all his willpower to support his body and mind... Having worked so hard until now, he absolutely could not fall down!!

  Whoosh!!

  Fortunately, the greedy giant clam spat out its tongue again, and Ling Chen's exhausted body burst out with an unfathomable power that ordinary people in their peak state could hardly dodge. He landed accurately on the tongue's surface and released "Fury Fire" simultaneously... As the giant tongue jumped back onto the greedy giant clam's head, he swung a ruthless triple hit...

  The amplification of his attack under the fire of anger greatly increased the damage he caused to the greedy giant clam. If he could maintain his immortality and maintain the same attack efficiency as before, the time it took to clear all the greedy giant clam's life would also be greatly shortened... But can Ling Chen really perfectly avoid all the greedy giant clam's attacks in the next period of time? Even if he could sustain his immortality and attack efficiency, could he still be the same as before?

  All the special potions only have five bottles left, and in a few minutes before taking them will reach the effective time, at that time there will be only four bottles left. The special potion may still be enough, but his blue potion has been slowly consuming all along, except for the "Anger Fire" skill, the consumption speed of the blue potion must be faster. In addition, the red and orange potions that were originally not used also appeared to be consumed due to the appearance of the man-eating giant clam and "Anger Fire". Once the recovery magic and life potions are exhausted, he will be thoroughly on the line of death.

  ……

  ……

  Ling Shui opened her eyes as if she had woken up, and with the dim light, she saw that the wall clock was already pointing to 6 o'clock in the morning.

  Outside the window, a faint white light has appeared, and a new day has arrived. At this time in the past, she would always sleep very soundly, and what she needed most was sleep. But tonight, she woke up three times in a row, and her heart seemed to be anxiously worried about something inexplicable.

  She turned her head to look at Ling Chen... His eyebrows were still furrowed, and the furrows were even deeper than before. His lips were pursed tightly, his face was twisted in an even more severe contortion, and a row of cold sweat had even appeared on his forehead... His expression was as if he was enduring something with great effort, struggling against something.

  "Brother..." Ling Shui softly murmured, stretching out her delicate white hand to gently wipe away the sweat on his forehead. She finally understood why she had been waking up frequently that night. It was because he was enduring some kind of torment, going through a great trial, and she couldn't rest easy due to his suffering. After all, for her, everything about him was more important than herself.

  "Brother, come on... nothing can knock you down."

  ……

  ……

  At 6:00 AM, it had been nine hours since Ling Chen entered the fifth area.

  The fifth area still echoed with chaotic sounds, without quietness. Because, Ling Chen was still not dead!

  "Hmm~~~"

  Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!

  Under his final slash, the four man-eating giant clams were emptied of life and fell before him. He was also hit by the tongue stabs of two man-eating giant clams and fell backwards.

  "Ding...... You successfully killed four 10-level two-star elite 'Cannibal Giant Clams', reputation +80, skill potential points +80. Remaining skill potential points: 300."

  For four hours, he had been continuously summoned by nine waves of man-eating giant clams, five each time. Every wave of man-eating giant clams from their appearance to their death would be the most difficult period for Ling Chen to get through. The thrill and horror during that period was known only to him alone. He didn't know how many times he had stepped on the edge of the cliff of death... but, he never fell off. And all 45 man-eating giant clams died under his Heartless Blade.

  The 45 giant clams that only eat humans gave him a large amount of experience points, making his level 5 experience bar just a hair's breadth away from being full. At the same time, they also gave him a whole 900 skill potential points!

  A 2-star elite with only 10 levels on 45, this is a lineup that cannot be seen anywhere else.

  These potential points also brought his last skill in the trial profession "Anger Flame" to level 5. All of his trial profession skills reached the top at level 5. This matter, if told to others, would absolutely be unbelievable.

  Greedy Giant Clam HP: 10897/80000.

  After acquiring the high-level "Anger Flame", Ling Chen's damage to the Greedy Giant Clam increased significantly. Previously, he had cut down nearly 40,000 of the Greedy Giant Clam's life in five hours, but with the Anger Flame, it took him only four hours to destroy less than 30,000 of its life. However, although his damage output increased, under the increasingly weakening mental strength, dodging the tongue stabs became more and more perilous, and simply dodging was already so difficult that he had fewer and fewer opportunities to grab onto an attack after dodging. Initially, he could attack one or two rounds in a minute, but later on, he sometimes had to wait for several minutes before barely grabbing onto an opportunity to attack.

  But despite that, he was still holding on under what seemed like an endless willpower... Several hours ago, he had already been on the verge of collapse, and several hours later now, he still hadn't died under the relentless attacks of this powerful BOSS, instead whittling its HP down to below 20%.

  But even if one has a strong will, an unyielding and heaven-defying determination, there is still a limit that cannot be surpassed.

  Ling Chen lay on the ground, his vision completely blurred after being hit by the giant clam. This time, for a full three seconds, he didn't get up. His body and eyelids were so heavy that they couldn't move at all. In the game world, physical strength wouldn't be depleted because people's bodies wouldn't actually enter the game world, but mental depletion was real... Because what entered the game world was people's spirits, which perceived everything in the game world and controlled their own movements and actions.

  Severe mental exhaustion had almost made it impossible for him to continue controlling his body, he struggled not to let his eyes close... He was afraid that once his eyes closed, he would fall into a long deep sleep.

  Life value is still 96 points left, magic value is still 25 points left.

  However, all special potions, life recovery potions, and magic recovery potions have been used up... everything is gone.

  At this time, Ling Chen's mental strength and supplies had both reached a state of exhaustion.

  Just close your eyes and sleep, it's not worth exhausting your mental strength to this extent for a small BOSS in a game world. Continuing on will only lead to serious illness later on. Moreover, after obtaining the White Silver Sword from the depths of the abyss, I gained a large amount of skill potential points, and all my skills reached the top level, which is an enormous gain that ordinary players wouldn't even dare to think about, it's already enough...

  In his mind, a soft voice was saying so. But immediately, this voice was interrupted by another sharper voice: "Can't die!! Having persisted until now, how can you bear to die! How many people want to take your life but cannot do it, how many hardships have not destroyed your will, even that most terrifying man died at your hands, and in the game world, you never had a single death... How can you bear to die at the hands of a mere 10-level monster!"

  In the midst of his daze, he heard an abnormal flow of air behind him. In an instant, he gritted his teeth and poured all the power born from his conviction into his right foot, forcefully kicking towards the stone wall beside him.

  Under this kick, his body suddenly slid away, and almost at the same time, a long tongue pierced where he was in the previous instant.

  He once again narrowly escaped death. Even in such a state, he was still struggling and unwilling to accept death.

  The last bit of life, the last bit of magic, a spirit on the verge of complete collapse... The current Ling Chen has no attacking power left, not even the strength for a final struggle... He has completely and utterly fallen into despair.

  Facing is greedy giant clam and more than 10,000 vitality.