Chapter 311: Power Gap

And now he knew.

One strike. It was merely one strike. It was not even a killing move that required a long preparation, yet it could actually reach this level of destructive power. This was something he had never expected.

Although the area affected was not as large as the area that had been affected by the earth fire back then, there was no doubt that its destructive power was much greater. At the very least, when faced with the flames of the earth fire back then, he had not wanted to come into contact with them, but if he really had been touched by them, it was not as if he would have had no way to resist.

But with this kind of attack, if he were caught in it now, it would be very difficult for him to escape.

Joo Joowon knew that even a First Rank supernatural being could withstand some attacks from ordinary firearms. Ordinary people would have absolutely no chance against them. A supernatural being of an even higher Rank would naturally be even more powerful.

However, Seong Seungmin was not some high-level existence either, yet he could still kill the Boss in a single attack.

Joo Joowon could tell that this Lightning Struck Tree Boss was more powerful than any enemy he had seen before. Its level was one aspect, but another was that it almost had no weaknesses.

First of all, as a tree, it was not afraid of fire. Secondly, after enduring the baptism of lightning and surviving on the verge of death, its HP bar was still thick. There was even a chance that after its HP was slowly worn down, it might suddenly activate some skill when its HP was critically low, putting on a performance of restoring its HP bar right in front of the player. Furthermore, it could also use elemental attacks, and the element it used was lightning, which had the strongest killing power.

While Seong Seungmin was dodging, the Lightning Struck Tree had displayed at least three different methods of attack. The first was the Wood element it naturally possessed, the second was the Fire element, and the third was the Lightning element. Adding its enormous body to all of this, it would not be an exaggeration to call it a polygonal battle god.

Joo Joowon even suspected that this Boss might already be close to making the leap from First Rank to Second Rank. It might even already be a Second Rank existence. It was definitely one of the most powerful Bosses at the moment.

Even though higher Rank supernatural beings naturally possessed a certain degree of overwhelming superiority over supernatural beings of a lower Rank, the difference was actually not so great that it was completely impossible to kill an enemy across Ranks.

Therefore, in his view, Seong Seungmin could definitely kill the Boss, but he had never expected him to eliminate it without putting in any effort at all.

Supernatural beings from First Rank to Third Rank were still within the realm of mortal bodies and no matter how powerful their abilities were, they could still be killed by non-supernatural forces.

For some professions, there might even be very little difference between First Rank and Third Rank, with no major changes occurring until Fourth Rank, when they would finally experience a qualitative leap.

Of course, the professionals of the War Path had always been famous for their powerful offensive abilities. Even at the First Rank, their damage output was already considerable. Unlike Joo Joowon, whose profession was more focused on support, when facing professionals of the War Path, people in his position basically had no choice but to avoid them.

Even so, Joo Joowon had still never expected Seong Seungmin to deal with it so easily.

This meant that if Seong Seungmin discovered that he had been deceiving him, the method he had originally imagined, such as deliberately stalling for time and waiting for the other party to be teleported back, would not be useful at all. The other party was capable of killing him instantly, and even if he burned his fortune at that time, it would be useless in the face of absolute strength.

However, although his mood had become somewhat heavier, Joo Joowon now had an even stronger desire to increase his profession’s Rank.

Previously, he had only known that every increase in profession Rank would bring about a huge improvement, but because he had never witnessed it with his own eyes, he had always harbored some doubts. Now, however, his heart was burning with excitement.

Fortunately, the rich life experience he had accumulated from childhood to adulthood had made Joo Joowon much more composed. He did not reveal many flaws on his face because of this.

At least, Seong Seungmin did not notice anything.

His attention had already been drawn away by another matter.

[ System Warning: NPC Seong Seungmin has been detected engaging in a violation. Please voluntarily go to the Game Hall to pay the fine. ]

[ System Warning: Based on your current credit rating, this violation will only result in a fine. Until your credit rating is restored, any further offense will result in the punishment of soul exile. ]

Seong Seungmin could not help letting out a wolf howl. Wasn’t he merely taking advantage of a few more Lord players than usual? Was it really necessary to lower his credit rating to the point where he was not even given the chance to commit three offenses before receiving an accumulated punishment?

He ground his teeth hard, but deep down, he was actually not surprised by this result.

In the past, his actions had already been stepping on the game’s red line. The fact that he had not been placed on the blacklist until now was entirely because he was clever enough to know how to repeatedly jump back and forth across the line. Otherwise, he would not have become greedy the moment he noticed something suspicious about Joo Joowon.