My Skill Bar is Full of Monster Skills-Chapter 195 - 145: I’m Stopping You for Your Own Good
By the deep underground dark river.
There is a mix of a damp and slightly faint fishy smell.
The faint fluorescent moss on the rock wall reflects on the gently flowing dark river, causing the originally pitch-black river to give off a faint shimmering glow.
However, at this moment, the background that should only have the sound of water flowing is mixed with the sound of weapon clashes and...
A discordant ’chatter’ of calls.
"Boom!"
A dark silver arc light swirled mid-air.
The Cold Steel Warhammer smashed directly onto a hideous creature’s head.
This creature measured about one meter five or six in height, its whole body covered with dark scales, holding a fish spear, and its oversized fish head was much more noticeable compared to other parts.
Meanwhile, those pallid bulging eyeballs seemed to indicate very weak vision.
Raine shook the Cold Steel Warhammer, throwing off the small amount of dark red ice shards stuck to it.
Thanks to the Frost Strike which had just increased to Level 2 during the close combat, the Blind Fishman’s blood that should have stained was already frozen into ice shreds.
Glancing around at the dozen or so frozen, stiff Blind Fishman corpses, Raine noticed the movements on both sides gradually subsiding.
He turned his head to look, seeing that the battles on his left and right were nearing their end.
With Laisa’s dagger lightning-fast stabbing into a fleeing Fishman bound by vine-covered legs, her first battle cooperation with Sulfur Vine concluded smoothly.
Though Benest fought alone, his battle ended slightly quicker than Laisa and Sulfur Vine’s.
Five or six Fishman corpses lay scattered, almost all of them dissected by Benest’s signature magic ’Silver String Slash’.
Broken entrails, a large amount of faintly green glowing unknown fluids, and crude spears, fish spears, and other weapons spread all over the ground.
A putrid stench diffused and dispersed.
When Benest surveyed Raine’s surrounding Fishman corpses, his eyes shone.
Unlike last time at Olsen Castle, where he had little time to observe Raine battling, this time, encountering a group of relatively weak Blind Fishman allowed him some time for observation.
"Mr. Rein, the power of your Frost Magic is truly astonishing."
"If it weren’t for the Courage Set, I would certainly think you are a mage specializing in Frost Magic."
No wonder Benest was so surprised.
This was because, during the battle at Olsen Castle, one side was the enemy White Dragon Mage Aiel, with high resistance to Frost Magic, leading Raine not to cast Frost Magic often.
On the other hand, at that time, Raine’s Frost Magic power hadn’t reached the current level.
After slaying the White Dragon Mage Aiel and gaining the fragment of the White Dragon Bloodline, his Frost Magic attained its current potency.
After all, ’enhancing Frost Magic power by 100%’ doubled compared to the ’Bloodline of Counter-attacking Ice Spirit’ which provided 50%.
This comparison didn’t merely remain at a numerical level.
In actuality, the direct manifestation in battle was more intuitive and astonishing.
For example, it’s logical to say that these Blind Fishmen with a Challenge Level of one-half can be considered fierce.
Though no match for the Challenge Level 1 Deadwater Wild Boar People, they are far superior to the common Goblins and Kobolds.
But Raine’s Second Level Spell ’Ice Ring Spell’ froze over a dozen Blind Fishmen instantly, almost rendering them completely powerless in combat.
The shivering, paralyzed Fishman Warriors couldn’t even hold weapons in their hands, losing all combat ability.
Approaching forward and smashing their heads with a single hammer, Raine easily resolved the battle.
Therefore, if Benest had observed both battles carefully, he would have drawn entirely different conclusions.
"Thank you, Mr. Benest, your Silver String Slash is indeed formidable."
Raine thanked him, glancing involuntarily at his bloodline panel.
Since the bloodline panel could accommodate four, and without the need for ’Transformation’ to reach Dark Furnace City, his current configuration consists of bloodlines with top-tier combat power—
"Adult White Dragon Bloodline (Fragment 1/10)×1, High-tier Grey Dwarf Commander Bloodline×1, Wild Boar Shaman Bloodline×1, Counter-attacking Ice Spirit×1."
The former star bloodline, the Challenge Level 5 ’Counter-attacking Ice Spirit’, has now become the lowest-rated bloodline in the panel.
Earlier, he had carefully sensed the effect augmented by the ’Adult White Dragon Bloodline (Fragment 1/10)’.
The most obvious feeling was the greatly enhanced power of Frost Magic.
This allowed him to crush the Blind Fishmen effortlessly.
He even hadn’t had the chance to deploy the ’Frost Breath’ attached to the White Dragon Bloodline.
"Unexpectedly, there’s a group of Blind Fishmen here, which is not on the map."
"They must have wandered along the dark river."
"Let’s proceed!"
"Alright!"
Elise’s and Laisa’s voices rang in his ears.
"Ahead, not far, should be the place of the Armor Crawler Monster, right?"
"Yes."
"Mr. Benest’s Water Walking is indeed excellent."
Laisa’s feet seemed to possess a kind of oily thin film, running quickly on the shimmering surface of the dark river, causing slight depressions but leaving her shoes dry as if treading on solid ground.
This wasn’t reliant on expensive Magic Scrolls, but showed the effect of Benest’s Third Level Spell ’Water Walking’.
