Chapter 79: Link Takes Action—Grade A Ability: Bloodshadow Frenzied Slaughter (Third Update, Please Subscribe!)

Generally speaking, abilities in the Combat Domain focus on close-quarters single-target strikes, while those in the Spell Domain lean toward long-range group attacks. Moreover, Spell Domain abilities often possess greater destructive power than their Combat Domain counterparts. For abilities of equal rank, a Spell Domain power is typically about thirty to fifty percent stronger than a Combat Domain one, and can even harm enemies one or two levels higher than the caster.

Of course, while Spell Domain abilities are more powerful and have longer range, they also have three major drawbacks: their consumption is far greater than that of Combat Domain abilities, they require longer charging times, and they are more difficult to hit with.

Take, for example, the D-rank Combat Domain ability "Blazing Flame Fist." For an ordinary level-two Combat Domain evolver, their stamina is sufficient for about thirty uses of "Blazing Flame Fist," and each activation only requires about one second to charge.

By contrast, a D-rank Spell Domain ability like "Fireball" can only be cast five or six times at most, even if a level-two Spell Domain evolver completely exhausts their mental strength. Each casting requires around five seconds of charging time.

Additionally, although Spell Domain evolvers possess strength and constitution far surpassing ordinary humans, there remains a clear gap compared to Combat Domain evolvers of the same level.

Furthermore, Combat Domain evolvers all possess close-combat abilities. If a Spell Domain evolver is caught in close quarters by a Combat Domain evolver, even if they are one or two levels higher, their fate is almost certainly sealed.

For this reason, most Spell Domain evolvers seldom act alone; instead, they team up with Combat Domain evolvers to complement one another. Spell Domain evolvers handle long-range and area attacks, while Combat Domain evolvers eliminate nearby mutated creatures and protect their Spell Domain allies.

In fact, in a more mature and sizable hunting party, the team members typically include evolvers from all five main domains—Combat, Spell, Perception, Psionic, and Support—working together to maximize their advantages. Equipped with excellent gear, such teams can often transcend their level and defeat far stronger mutated creatures.

Returning to Link, as soon as the off-road vehicle came to a halt, he flung the door open, leapt out with practiced ease, and in a flicker of motion, vanished from view, darting toward the rioters ahead!

With his remarkable agility, which reached thirty points, Link’s speed soared to a hundred meters per second. In just a few seconds, he had crossed several hundred meters and appeared directly before the mob.

Even though Zhang Ran had advanced to a level-two evolver and his perception was about ten times that of an ordinary person, he could barely catch a blur left in Link’s wake, utterly unable to follow his movements.

“Damn it! How can he be this fast? This is bad; we’ve definitely kicked a hornet’s nest this time!”

The rioter leader, a formidable level-six evolver, just managed to track Link’s actions and instantly realized the danger, a pang of regret flooding his heart.

In the past, he had led his men to raid two off-road vehicles, seizing a great haul of supplies, which gave him the mistaken impression that anyone driving such a vehicle was easy prey. But he could never have imagined that this time, he had not found sheep, but a wolf in sheep’s clothing!

Before reaching the mob, Link unleashed his full aura. Within a dozen meters around him, every rioter froze in place, their bodies trembling uncontrollably. Some, overwhelmed by the immense pressure, even lost control and wet themselves.

When facing Zhang Ran and the other five contestants earlier, Link had used his “Presence,” but only as a test. Now, however, he was deadly serious, and the aura he released was several times stronger, more than the rioters could bear.

“Brothers, attack!” the rioter leader shouted as he witnessed Link’s overwhelming might, but he himself immediately spun around and fled in terror.

“Hmph, trying to escape? Leave your life here! Bloodshadow Frenzy!”

Gazing at the fleeing leader, Link’s eyes flashed with cold ferocity as he shouted in anger.

As his words fell, a crimson glow burst from Link’s body. In the next instant, two blood-red shadows—each resembling Link—erupted from him, darting through the air at incredible speed toward the fleeing leader.

In less than two seconds, the blood shadows had overtaken the leader. The next moment, they pierced through his body.

With a deafening blast, the rioter leader’s body stiffened, halted, and then exploded into countless pieces—blood, flesh, and organs splattering in all directions, dyeing the ground red for several meters. At the same time, the two blood shadows looped back and re-entered Link’s body.

These were Link’s ability: “Bloodshadow Frenzy,” an A-rank power of tremendous force. Even a level-two Hunter of equal rank would struggle to withstand it.

“What terrifying power! So this is the true strength of a Hunter—an absolute crushing force! But with the Evolution Tree, once I reach level eight or nine as a Pioneer, will I be able to challenge a Hunter head-on?”

Witnessing Link slay the rioter leader in a single blow, Zhang Ran was awed by the Hunter’s might. Yet, he also felt an even stronger longing for greater power.

For Zhang Ran, who possessed both the chip and the Evolution Tree, advancing was never truly difficult. He was confident he could surpass Link; but for now, he had to admit that even a thousand of himself combined would not be a match for Link.

“So powerful!”

“So this is Lord Link’s true strength?”

“If only I had such power myself!”

Meanwhile, behind the off-road vehicle, the other four contestants had witnessed everything. They whispered among themselves, their eyes filled with awe, envy, and a yearning for strength.

“No way! The boss is dead!”

“Run, everyone—run for your lives!”

“A monster! This is a monster we cannot possibly resist!”

As for the remaining rioters, seeing their leader slain filled their faces with terror. Already an unruly mob with no training, they scattered in all directions the moment their leader fell.

“Dare to attack me? Then all of you can die!” Link sneered coldly at the fleeing rioters, his eyes glinting with icy light as a blood-red glow flared once more across his body.