Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

Chapter 909: Chapter 388: Sponsor of the Steam Council

Wu Chang approached the Executioner with a confident demeanor, but in reality, he meticulously analyzed the situation of the Executioner, taking out the All-Knowing Crystal and formulating a battle plan.

Such caution was not because he doubted himself or believed defeating the Executioner would be difficult.

He was concerned with how to win, and how to win beautifully.

Now, there were three spectators behind him, all observing his moves.

He must win beautifully.

On the surface, it appeared as if he controlled the use of power, engaging in a difficult and evenly matched battle with the Executioner, hiding his true strength.

But the reality was quite the opposite. Cold Mountain was a top player from the Desolate Realm, and although Sword Star’s level was somewhat lower, his Talent of Sword Heart made his intuition very keen.

Deliberately concealing one’s skills required exposing more advanced abilities, which might instead reveal something to them.

If he efficiently defeated the Executioner with a direct attack, Cold Mountain and Sword Star would find it hard to gauge his depth.

Power that can be seen may surprise people, but it doesn’t instill fear.

Even if Wu Chang displayed his Attribute Panel, showing off his total attributes in the four-digit range without any enhancement, displayed the six hidden Colorful Titles above his head, exhibited various Talents on his body...

Well, if he displayed everything, it would indeed instill fear.

But this kind of fear is limited, imaginable, and can be recognized.

If his displayed power was like an Abyss, making Cold Mountain and others unable to grasp or imagine it, it would better conceal his strength.

Establishing a strength hard to estimate helps him in the upcoming World Dungeon.

Wu Chang refocused his attention on the Executioner in front of him, entering Erin’s Divine Kingdom range, lacking the Steam Rules’ support. The Executioner’s current strength was just a Desolate Realm creature with particularly strong numeric values and Power of Root.

Compared to the scenes in Jack of All Trades and Gun God’s Grudge, the Executioner now had completely become a product of Steam Rules.

Born from Steam Rules, the Steam Root Power within him was naturally abundant, far surpassing players like Cold Mountain from the Desolate Realm.

The values accumulated from the Extraordinary Steam Engine and the First Law of Mysticism were also considerable; having been struck by a Mamba Iron Elbow, if sent flying, it would be the entire body, not just the head, already indicated his physical strength.

Even without the advantage of Steam Rules, in terms of combat power, the Executioner was quite difficult to deal with.

According to the All-Knowing Crystal’s analysis, Wu Chang True Self relying on Strength Attribute, wrestling with the Executioner might take a minute to dismantle the opponent.

Engaging in hand-to-hand combat with the Executioner for a minute, even if he crushes the full duration, his physical attributes might be roughly discerned, which is unacceptable to him.

Beyond physical attributes, his Chaos Authority could also affect the Executioner.

But according to the All-Knowing Crystal’s analysis, when the Executioner transformed into a mechanical Life Form, issues arose, retaining many memories from Jack of All Trades and Gun God, leading to a state of mental abnormality due to split personality.

This state, matched with Chaos Authority, moving from chaos to greater chaos requires continuous Authority release for over two minutes; solely using Authority would take even longer to eliminate the Executioner.

Just like in the Moonlight Sanatorium, the Special Medicine for patients to combat madness is to first plunge themselves into madness.

However, everything has two sides, as heaven opens a door for you, it will open a window; for those who want to commit burglary, this operation is simply comfortable.

The Executioner’s chaotic mental state allowed him temporary immunity from Chaos Authority, but also exposed the instability of his mental state.

Coincidentally, Wu Chang had enough abilities before him; indeed, going mad temporarily resists Chaos Authority, yet invites attacks harder to withstand.

Wu Chang approached the Executioner, facing the Executioner climbing from the ground and aiming a gun at him, first issuing a friendly greeting.

He snapped his fingers, the button on his chest lit up, and the ”Mind Resonance” Item skill launched.

”Item Skills: Spiritual Control”

”Skill Description: Sends a Spiritual Attack to the target, its intensity dependent on the user’s Inspiration, if the Spiritual Attack breaks through the target’s Will Barrier, it completely controls the opponent.”

With the dungeon difficulty rising, the effect of Mind Resonance’s Spiritual Control was significantly weakened, often failing against targets with high status or power.

However, now he wanted it to fail.

As expected, as Spiritual Control touched the Executioner, a prompt appeared before his eyes.

”Target consciousness is special, cannot be fully controlled, Spiritual Control converted into Spiritual Attack.”

After the failure, Spiritual Control transformed into Spiritual Shock, directly piercing into the Executioner’s mind.

The Executioner was momentarily dazed, then clutched his head with both hands, letting out a heartrending scream.

As a mechanical Life Form, the body was indeed strong enough, but no matter how hard the metal is, it cannot reinforce the fragile inner spirit and soul.

Listening to the Executioner’s inhuman scream, the three in the distance couldn’t help but shiver.

In their memory, regardless of what the Executioner did, he was extraordinarily quiet.

When he mowed down a group of Transcendents like grass on Bai She Avenue, there wasn’t a single sound throughout, with not a trace of emotion.

That coldness made Cold Mountain and others think he was truly a robot, a silent robot.

They hadn’t expected that cold Executioner, like the Grim Reaper, not only could make a sound, but could also scream in pain.

The three looked at Wu Chang’s back, feeling both fear and curiosity about what exactly Wu Chang had done.