Chapter 657: I Yield! Completely Yield
Generally speaking…
It is nearly impossible for a level-90-something job-holder to kill a level-100 powerhouse.
Level 99 and Level 100.
Despite being separated by just one level, their strength is worlds apart.
First is the presence of order-grade skills, which essentially allow level-100 powerhouses to unleash an SS-grade skill every ten seconds. Among all level-99 powerhouses, how many possess more than three SS-grade skills?
Even the most seasoned level-99 Reserve Team captains here, at best, possess two SS-grade skills.
Secondly, the difference in attributes is simply too vast.
Take Princess Alice, for example. With her job BUFF active, she can at most boost her strength attribute to around 180,000.
With a potion, she could barely reach 200,000.
However…
These two level-100 Ghost Generals have base attributes of 220,000 and 280,000 respectively.
In their peak states with all BUFFs active, their attributes could reach at least 500,000.
However, if an elite teammate provides support, one could at least keep their attributes on par with the enemy, holding out for a while without being instantly killed.
But…
Ling Zhan clearly does not fall within the 'general' category.
His four-dimensional attributes are very low, only 100,000.
The base attributes of the two Ghost Generals are twice his.
However, through the stacking of his various primary skills from multiple professions, Ling Zhan's attributes directly surpass theirs!
As for why Ling Zhan could unleash the SS-grade skill 'Piercing Death Thorn' four times in a row…
It's quite simple.
The first refresh was thanks to the 'Replica Trick.'
Afterward, both Replica Trick and Piercing Death Thorn entered cooldown.
Then came the key second time…
'Time Rewind'!
This S- grade skill was a team reward distributed during the Global Beast Battle Tournament.
It allows the user to return to a time point four seconds in the past.
Along with resetting all skill and talent cooldowns to their states four seconds prior.
At this moment…
Both Replica Trick and Piercing Death Thorn had cooled down again.
Several smaller skills were also ready.
This allowed for another deadly two shots.
Level-100 powerhouses have many advantages.
But the one drawback is that the passive skill 'Order Empowerment' has a ten-second cooldown.
This skill allows level-100 powerhouses to completely dominate those below level 100.
However, during the ten-second interval, level-100 powerhouses become relatively ordinary.
Notably…
The cooldown of this passive skill reduces with level.
For example, at level 100, the cooldown is ten seconds.
At level 110, it becomes nine seconds.
And so on.
At level 190, the cooldown drops to one second.
Rumor has it that upon reaching level 200, the cooldown becomes zero seconds.
This is why higher-level powerhouses become increasingly difficult to deal with, using order-grade skills every two to three seconds.
It's nearly impossible to exploit their cooldown intervals.
At this moment…
Ling Zhan had already formulated his battle strategy from the very beginning.
Since the order-grade skills of level-100 powerhouses slightly out-prioritize his SS-grade skills…
Then he would employ strategies to bait out their order-grade skills!
Furthermore…
Ling Zhan had previously used the 'Eye of Appraisal' to analyze the detailed information of the two Ghost Generals, clearly seeing that even their highest-level skills were only S-grade.
This meant that once they used an order-grade skill, they would be completely powerless against an SS-grade skill.
Thus…
In the Matryoshka space, the two Ghost Generals, who harbored extreme disdain for Ling Zhan, did not hesitate to unleash their order-grade skills upon realizing they couldn't break free.
In truth, whether these two Ghost Generals or other level-100 powerhouses…
Their attitude toward opponents below level 100 was always one of extreme contempt and disdain.
It's a common flaw.
No way around it.
After all, globally, they've never seen a level-90-something powerhouse withstand a level-100 powerhouse in solo combat.
Moreover…
These were two Ghost Generals joining forces to deal with one inexperienced kid.
With a mindset of 'guaranteed victory,' they naturally didn't bother holding back to prevent future troubles.
The consequence of this…
Was their brutal demise.
Crack!!
Two crisp sounds like watermelons bursting echoed.
Under the extremely horrified gazes of the onlookers, the two bullets once again reenacted the scene from two seconds prior, piercing through and shattering the heads of the two Ghost Generals!
Feeling the life force rapidly draining from the Ghost Generals' bodies, everyone was dumbstruck!
He killed them!
He really killed them!
Ling Zhan, with his own power, directly crossed levels to slay two level-100 Ghost Generals!
The most critical part was that these two fearsome Ghost Generals had never displayed any suppressive power expected of level-100 powerhouses!
Instead, they were suppressed throughout the entire fight by this non-specialist!
It seemed as though every move they made had been calculated by the non-specialist!
What shocked everyone even more…
Neither the Reserve Team members nor the spectators on the city walls, nor even the Ghost Generals themselves, had caught a glimpse of Ling Zhan!
No one knew where he had fired those shots from!
"Monster! Truly a monster! I completely yield!"
"No… Does such a non-specialist truly exist in this world, capable of solo-killing level-100 powerhouses!?"
"Damn! I realize we've seriously underestimated the strength of this non-specialist!"
"What the hell! Are non-specialists really this powerful?"
"It's not that non-specialists are strong, but that Ling Zhan, this monster, is strong!"
At this moment…
Whether the spectators on the city walls or the Reserve Team members crushing the Ghost General Army below, everyone exclaimed in shock and amazement.
Even the lower-tier Ghost Generals, witnessing their two leaders' complete demise, with their very souls seemingly pierced through by the bullets, descended into chaos!
This was catastrophic!
They were killed!
Lord Jade Bottle Man and Lord Bloodthirsty Child were slain by a level-97 non-specialist!
And because chaos erupted…
The Reserve Team members naturally wouldn't let such a golden opportunity slip.
"Kill!!"
"Stop dawdling! Take advantage of the Ghost beasts' panic and crush them in one go!"
Deputy Commander Zhou Xue'er, seeing the Ghost Generals in disarray, decisively ordered an all-out slaughter!
At the same time, she couldn't help but feel a strong sense of pride!
Look!
This is the man I admire!
In solo combat, he easily crossed levels to kill two level-100 Ghost Generals!
Ask yourselves, among the younger generation globally, who else could achieve this?
At this moment…
Ling Zhan's transparent figure finally emerged from the void, visible to everyone.
He held a pitch-black sniper rifle adorned with golden dragon patterns, a weapon that had twice slain level-100 Ghost Generals, exuding an aura of unparalleled dominance.