Lin Mo's original plan had been simple.
After luring out the "boss" inside the Divine Tomb, he would use the SSS-rank Execution: Eternal Damnation that he had evolved earlier and kill the opponent in one strike, dropping them to level 0 and crippling them completely.
But after seeing the boss's true identity, Lin Mo had no choice but to change his plan.
Because no matter what had gone wrong in this life and caused Nether to change, it did not change the fact that in his previous life, Nether had been one of Ning Xi's most capable generals, willing to sacrifice himself to protect her, and one of Dragon Nation's guardians.
So Lin Mo planned to kill him once and release all the talents he had stolen. [T/N: Yeah, once a dumbass, always a dumbass.]
That would be enough.
He did not intend to cripple him.
What if Nether had his own reasons and had been forced into doing this?
If that were the case, then what Lin Mo did today would not simply be eliminating an enemy.
It would be personally destroying one of the pillars that would support Dragon Nation in the future.
After all, the Judge, one of the world's seven SSS-rank hidden classes in his previous life, could even steal SSS-rank talents.
To the top talent users of every nation who possessed S-rank talents or above, Nether was a deadly threat.
Because Nether existed, many countries had not dared invade Dragon Nation recklessly in the previous life.
Thus, Lin Mo picked up a second SSS-rank World-Destroying: Ten Thousand Thunderbolts.
Just as he was about to crush the scroll and end the battle, while Chen Jun, Zhang Long, and the others on the opposite side felt their hearts sink and thought they were finished again, Nether suddenly raised the golden book in his left hand and stared at Lin Mo.
"You're stronger than I expected."
"It seems that if I want to deal with you, I can only use this."
A ripple appeared in Nether's deep gaze.
"Sorry, Rulebound."
"I don't mean to target you, but I have no choice."
After speaking, Nether's lips moved as he chanted a spell.
Boom!
A pillar of golden light descended from the sky and struck directly toward Lin Mo!
"Boss, watch out!"
Although Ling Xiao reacted immediately and shoved Lin Mo aside, trying to block the attack with his own body, the golden light remained locked onto Lin Mo and followed him, covering his body.
At nearly the same moment, Lin Mo crushed the scroll.
[Ding~ You used the SSS-rank magic scroll World-Destroying: Ten Thousand Thunderbolts and gained a permanent bonus effect: Final Lightning Damage +1%!]
Rumble!
Thunder roared and lightning flashed.
"Damn it! That move again!"
"We're screwed!"
"I spent all night farming for this S-rank talent, Origin of All Things. I haven't even had the chance to use it yet, and now I'm going to lose it?"
While Chen Jun, Zhang Long, and the others looked up at the rolling thunder in the sky in despair, the next second, countless bolts of lightning crashed down, covering everything.
The instant everyone on the battlefield was engulfed by the lightning, white true damage numbers rose above their heads—
-9,118!
-9,118!
-9,118!
It was the same SSS-rank magic scroll, World-Destroying: Ten Thousand Thunderbolts.
Only a few seconds had passed between the two uses.
Yet the damage difference was a full hundredfold.
A little over nine thousand true damage was nowhere near enough to kill these level 55+ third-turn players.
After Lin Mo's Ten Thousand Thunderbolts struck, every enemy player was heavily injured.
But not a single one died.
"What's going on? Why did Brother Mo's magic scroll damage suddenly drop so much?"
Not just Qin Feng and the others.
Even Chen Jun, Zhang Long, and the people on the other side found it unbelievable.
"What is this guy doing?"
"How can it deal hundreds of thousands of damage one moment and only a few thousand the next? How does that make any sense?"
Only Lin Mo understood the reason.
It came from the golden light that had descended moments earlier—
[Ding~ Player Judge Nether has judged you. For the next ten minutes, your final damage is reduced by 99%!]
"This is... the Judge's second potential?"
"When did Nether unlock his class's second potential?"
Lin Mo was genuinely shocked.
He knew that the biggest difference between hidden classes and ordinary classes in Divine Oracle wasn't attribute growth.
It was class potentials.
Every hidden class possessed exclusive class potentials.
Just like Black Night's A-rank hidden class, Shadow Sword God.
Hidden Breath and Burst Breath were the Shadow Sword God's two exclusive class potentials.
Every hidden class initially unlocked only one class potential.
The remaining potentials had to be discovered by the player and activated by meeting specific conditions.
For the Shadow Sword God, the starting potential was Hidden Breath.
Burst Breath had been activated later by Black Night after accidentally fulfilling the required condition.
The higher the class rank, the stronger the potentials.
The strength of each potential was comparable to a talent of the same rank.
Because of this, higher-ranked class potentials were also much harder to unlock.
But, public figures like Nether couldn't hide their strength, abilities, or status.
According to Lin Mo's memories from his previous life, "Because the potentials of SSS-rank hidden classes were too powerful, even two years after Divine Oracle descended, Nether had only unlocked his initial class potential, Talent Plunder."
"Even Ning Xi couldn't find a way to help him activate a second class potential."
"So why did Nether unlock the Judge's second potential this early in this life?"
"Could someone be guiding him from behind the scenes?"
Of course, now wasn't the time to think about that.
Every potential of an SSS-rank hidden class was comparable to an SSS-rank talent.
Although Lin Mo's attributes remained unchanged and were still overwhelming, his final damage had been reduced by 99%.
This Judgment effect, which practically stripped away his ability to attack, had instantly crippled him.
Even Divine Advent Seraph's talent Divine Advent couldn't remove the effect.
Because Divine Advent could only grant immunity against normal crowd control.
Judgment was classified as a suppression effect, similar to the Dark Warlock's ultimate skill, Soul Suppression.
Originally, Nether's only class potential, Talent Plunder, posed no threat to Lin Mo.
That was why Lin Mo had willingly stepped into the trap and lured Nether into the Divine Tomb for this gamble.
But this sudden Judgment had completely exceeded Lin Mo's expectations.
When they saw Lin Mo's damage suddenly collapse and his condition clearly become abnormal, Chen Jun and Zhang Long finally realized what had happened.
They burst into laughter.
"Hahaha! Rulebound's been suppressed!"
"He's finished!"
Only Nether remained completely cautious.
Because even after being judged by his SSS-rank hidden class Judge,
Lin Mo still possessed enough power to heavily injure all of his subordinates in a single strike.
That alone showed just how terrifying his opponent truly was.
Chen Jun stared viciously at Lin Mo, who was still shrouded in the Judgment effect.
His face twisted.
"Perfect opportunity!"
"Brothers, attack together! Take down Rulebound!"
"Cripple him!"
Amid the shouting, Chen Jun and Zhang Long personally led the remaining dozens of players and charged toward Lin Mo.
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