Wow! The item-dropping rate is really high!-Chapter 392 - 356 Overlord’s Grasp

Yet it wasn’t enough.

Merely solving the weapon issue, when facing such an enemy, the usually inconspicuous specialization levels are the foundation of all tactics.

Apart from the initial training with the Bug-Slaying Blade for dealing with insects when he started as a low-level soldier, Bai E, who seldom had the opportunity to use heavy weapons, currently only had a level two Heavy Weapon Specialization with (300/500) points.

This was also the reason he had struggled somewhat with a few low-tier Bloodletting Vampire demons earlier.

When an attack fails to exploit an opponent’s weak point and is always countered at one’s own weakest, it’s like fighting with 50% effectiveness against an opponent’s 150%, and even if one has stronger base attributes than the opponent, it always results in disadvantage.

Specialization is like a simple arms race, if I have one level more specialization than you, I will always be a little more likely to seize the opportunity.

Facing high-tier demons who are truly adept at this, Bai E dared not be careless.

If the specialization wasn’t enough, he could make up for it with experience.

In this world, ordinary people didn’t have the concept of breakthroughs in the heat of the moment; even occasional outbursts stemmed from deep accumulation over time, just lacking that little bit of epiphany when it counts.

But Bai E… and the players were a bit different.

As long as they had enough stored experience, they could turn themselves into superhumans in their respective fields in a matter of minutes.

Directly upgrading with experience points indeed resulted in losing some special attribute bonuses, but at this moment… the specialization level itself was the absolute foundation for the battle.

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Level 3!

Level 4!

Level 5!

Level 6!

The mastery points earned from a previous main quest could be used here, using experience points to directly upgrade Heavy Weapon Specialization to level 5, then using 1 mastery point to promote it to level 6, maximizing the effect of the mastery points.

The mere expenditure of 3200 experience points was trivial for Bai E at this point.

The sudden surge in specialization level brought a series of notifications from the panel:

["Level 6 Heavy Weapon Specialization" acquired, with 4 potential points gained as a bonus.](Stacked)

[Heavy Weapon Specialization (Level 6): Attack power (Blunt) +12%, Heavy Strike +6%, Smash (Special) +6%.]

[Current light firearms mastery experience 0/5500, upon reaching 5500 points "Level 7 Heavy Weapon Specialization" can be mastered. (Note: Unlocking the subsidiary skill tree (Tier 2) at specialization level 7.)]

[Notice: Your current specialization level has reached the limit of a mortal body, and it would be difficult to make further progress until your abilities surpass the physical limits. To continue improving specialization levels, you need to enhance both your physical and insight attributes beyond the level of 15.]

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[Detection: Character currently has Heavy Weapon Specialization (Level 6), advanced skill trees unlocked: Sky Piercer, Overlord’s Grasp.]

[Current unlock requirements: General/Combat Experience*1000 (each additional skill unlocked at the same level doubles the consumption), Meditation Points*2 (fixed).]

Compared to the previous specializations unlocked, the Heavy Weapon Skill Tree only had two, simplifying things substantially.

Perhaps it was also related to the type of weapon; after all, when using heavy weapons, how many tricks could one have?

Bai E didn’t hesitate and directly learned both abilities together.

[Payment: Meditation Points*4, Combat Experience 3000 points.]

[Skills Acquired—Sky Lifting Strike, Overlord’s Grasp.]

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[Sky Lifting Strike: Your attacks can unleash unimaginable destructive power, and the mass of the weapon itself will significantly amplify this attack, with an attack power*200% (*3.7). Consumption: 3 points of Spiritual Energy (30 points of Action Power Reserve)/per use.]

[Overlord’s Grasp: No matter how unwieldy the weapon, in your hands you can make light of its weight, easily controlling weapons up to three times their normal mass and exhibiting perfect performance within your own ability range, increasing attack speed by 20%, and reducing loss of control by 80%; when the weapon is perfectly under your control, you will accumulate "Control Points" based on combat duration at a certain efficiency; however, if the weapon’s mass still exceeds your control, you will rapidly accumulate "Lack of Control Points". When Control Points/Lack of Control Points reach the full value of 100 points, the skill will switch forms to—Overlord’s Tactic/Overlord’s Fury (current effects not unlocked, activation conditions missing). Consumption: 10 points of Spiritual Energy (100 points of Action Power Reserve)/min.]

Sky Lifting Strike is almost equivalent to a melee version of a powerful shot, but due to its focus, the effect is even more formidable.

Putting aside the use of additional abilities like Overlimit Drive and Instant Kill Hundred Heads, the powerful shot itself only has a 2x attack bonus rate, yet Sky Lifting Strike gets an additional boost from the weapon’s mass on top of the 2x base, adding another 3.7x boost.

That’s a 7.4x bonus... If you add the extra burst from skills like Overlimit Drive and Instant Kill Hundred Heads, this move will become Bai E’s strongest output at this stage, even surpassing archery.

Not to mention that the direction of the specialization’s bonus is different, as the basic ability bonus of the Heavy Weapon Specialization will again provide a violent output based on multiplication for this strike.

Regarding Overlord’s Grasp... setting aside the special skill form influenced by "Control Points" and "Lack of Control Points" that are not yet unlocked, the main purpose of this skill is to allow Bai E to handle a higher mass of weapons.

After acquiring and activating the skill, the iron rod which even when stuck in the ground still seemed to wobble in hand, suddenly felt much more manageable.

The strong hands tightly held the metal rod that had pierced through the abandoned factory ceiling, and the comparatively small figure stood diminutive beneath the iron rod.

The huge Demon God rose up from the pool of blood with a defiant look, watching the figure with the iron rod in hand, and a thunderous voice like rolling thunder echoed hollowly through the cement slab floors of the entire abandoned factory.

"What’s the use of being big?"

As the voice thundered, the other party finally stepped out of the range covered by the blood pool.

At that instant when they arrived in the material world, their originally immense Demon God form rapidly shrank before the eyes of Bai E and others, going from seeming taller than the factory ceiling to only about two or three stories tall, similar in size to an ordinary Bloodletting Vampire.

"You are the first opponent I face after my ascension, and I give you the same conditions of battle."

A demon faithful to war would never stoop to despicable means to win a battle.

The massive demon sword swung with a buzz, and the demon prince who had ascended from human to demon, merging ripples of higher-dimensional space, issued a declaration of combat to the seemingly insignificant human being.

"I’m in too!" Franca held her longsword level, her gaze cold and clear, "War brings pain, demons are always the enemy! You have forsaken the stance of mankind, and so, I will capture you!"

"War is human nature, you are the one not loyal to human nature, the rigid one." The demon prince sneered coldly, "I have transformed into a higher-dimensional being, but I am still human! This is a clash between the mighty, and you think you have a say in it?"