Bab 190: From this moment on, Thor was the god here
"Thunderclap Strike!"
"Wind's Reach!"
"..."
Under Mike's relentless assault, the ten-headed bone serpent couldn't hold out for long and turned to ashes.
[Current Exploration Rate: 99.999%]
Mike glanced at the rate; it still hadn't reached 100%.
"It must be because of the sea god's projection."
The sea god's projection was still hesitating to descend, likely still observing.
Due to the existence of the second job, if Mike didn't defeat the sea god's projection, he couldn't achieve 100% Exploration Rate!
Within the rules of the Tower of Truth, the sea god would delay his projection's descent as much as possible.
As long as he didn't descend, he wouldn't be defeated by Thor!
This was essentially exploiting a bug.
At this moment, the Eye of Truth provided a prompt: [The sea god's projection must descend by 5:55 AM]
"Only 15 minutes to fight?"
Mike frowned slightly, sensing trouble.
With only 15 minutes, and the sea god coming prepared, he would definitely have the advantage.
Of course, if Mike were in the sea god's position, he would be even more ruthless.
"This means the sea god's projection, descending in the last 15 minutes, might have multiple buffs and shields!"
The situation was clear.
The sea god's strategy was simple: avoid the fight!
Within the rules, he would descend at the last possible moment, giving Mike only 15 minutes to fight.
And during the fight, the sea god would likely focus on survival, trying to outlast the 15 minutes!
Mike was all too familiar with this scenario!
The sea god's projection, which should be the boss, was doing everything to survive.
Meanwhile, the participant Thor, was like the boss, unleashing relentless and brutal attacks.
The roles were reversed.
"I need to come up with a counter-strategy."
Facing someone exploiting a bug, Mike couldn't tolerate it and would strike hard!
He began to inventory his arsenal, looking for ways to deal with the sea god's projection within 15 minutes.
"Charge Up plus Thunderclap Strike?"
"No, the sea god might only take water element damage or have a Lightning immunity buff."
If it were that simple, the sea god wouldn't delay until the last 15 minutes!
"Sea Fury, Nightmare's Breeze, Chaos Shift...."
After careful consideration, Mike realized he had a significant advantage, close to 100%.
Casting spells had a 5% chance to trigger the Chaos Shift effect.
Chaos Shift had four possible effects, randomly occurring:
1. The enemy's next healing skill turns into damage.
2. The enemy's next damage skill turns into healing.
3. The enemy's next physical damage taken turns into magical damage.
4. The enemy's next magical damage taken turns into physical damage.
Additionally, Mike discovered that under [Perfect Aim], once stacked to the 100th time, probability events became certain!
This meant Mike's 100th magical attack would definitely trigger [Chaos Shift effect], [Thunderstorm], and other perks.
"Another little trick."
Mike calculated that the sea god, being a master of water element healing, would naturally excel in it.
Given the current situation, with the sea god focused on delaying, he would maximize his healing abilities.
Any of the Chaos Shift effects—1, 3, or 4—would be a pleasant surprise for Mike!
After assessing his advantages, Mike looked at the twelve-headed bone serpent, its massive body reviving from the ashes, towering over him.
Mike hadn't forgotten that [Height Dominance] allowed him to deal 150% extra damage to creatures shorter than himself.
How to utilize this buff would depend on Mike's on-the-spot performance!
"Good thing I prepared enough."
While waiting for the sea god's projection to descend, Mike quietly set up his contingencies.
He was preparing a big surprise for the sea god's projection.
Time ticked by.
The bone serpent's heads multiplied, its body growing larger, now over a thousand feet and still expanding!
Compared to the massive bone serpent, Mike was as small as a toothpick.
Finally, after Mike's relentless efforts, the boss bone serpent evolved to eighteen heads!
This was the most heads any boss had ever had in known history!
[Sea god descent countdown: 100 seconds]
"Still time!"
Looking at the eighteen-headed bone serpent, Mike used the last of his potions.
His body didn't change, but the bone serpent's body grew even larger!
[Countdown: 3, 2, 1!]
At the last second, the entire class change realm shook violently, and a mysterious power descended from the sky.
It seemed to tint the air blue, with countless waves crashing in Mike's ears, and a vast ocean appeared before his eyes.
The air was filled with the scent of the sea.
In the blue light, a massive figure slowly formed, majestic and imposing, with a blurred face and muscles that exuded explosive power, capable of shaking the heavens and earth with every move.
Such a grand entrance.
It was hard to imagine this was someone who would exploit a bug.
Mike had waited for the sea god for over an hour.
A few more seconds wouldn't matter.
The sea god's projection slowly spoke,
"Mortal, daring to challenge the dignity of a god, you shall face divine retribution!"
With that, a blue lightning bolt struck first, hitting Mike precisely.
Though the blue lightning didn't harm Mike, it doubled the [sea god's curse] on him!
For the next 15 minutes, Mike couldn't gain rage points or trigger [Wrathful Sea Fighter]!
No big deal. Mike had anticipated this and prepared accordingly.
The hundred-foot-tall sea god's projection looked down at Mike, sneering, "Such a tiny creature dares to challenge a god?"
The sea god's body solidified, no longer expanding.
It seemed the sea god believed a hundred-foot projection was enough to deal with Thor.
As someone familiar with the rules of truth, the sea god knew Thor had the [Height Dominance] buff.
To avoid the extra 150% damage, the sea god spent part of his projection's power to form a hundred-foot body.
A hundred feet was safe enough.
Spending more projection power to grow larger would weaken the sea god's projection.
After observing for over two hours, the sea god had calculated every possibility, seeing through most of Thor's trump cards!
As long as [Height Dominance] wasn't triggered, the sea god had over a 50% chance of making his projection last 15 minutes!
Thor wouldn't pass this floor!
Anyone daring to tread the god-slaying path would fall on it!
The sea god wouldn't allow Thor to achieve 100% Exploration Rate conquest!
For the first minute, Mike watched silently, observing the sea god's projection's moves.
Until... the moment the sea god's body solidified!
Now!
A black light shot from Mike's palm, a potion flying forward at high speed!
The sea god's projection instinctively dodged, easily avoiding the black light.
"Thor, you don't think such a thing could hit the great sea god, do you?"
The black light didn't turn but crashed straight into the eighteen-headed bone serpent!
Mike's target was never the sea god's projection but the... much larger bone serpent!
The next moment, Mike held a red potion and drank it in one gulp.
"SS-tier special potion: Reversal!"
"Effect: Upon activation, swaps the sizes of the drinker and the target, lasting 10 minutes!"
Since entering this class change realm, Mike had fed all his size-increasing potions to the bone serpent, making it grow larger and larger!
All for this moment!
In an instant, the bone serpent shrank to 7 feet, like a small toy, its eighteen heads crowded together, clearly confused about what had happened.
Meanwhile, Thor's body expanded to several thousand feet!
In front of the several-thousand-foot Thor, the sea god was as tiny as a bean sprout.
Mike spoke slowly, his voice echoing through the class change realm, shaking the heavens and earth.
"Now, who is the tiny one?"
With a deafening sound, Mike gently stomped down.
The shadow instantly enveloped the sea god's projection, leaving only fear and the wails of souls.
From this moment on, Thor was the god here.