Chapter 412 (1/2)
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“Break!”
The Silver Blade Sword cut across my shoulder and tore a hole in the Obsidian Dragon Scale Armor, drawing blood. I lost over 4000 HP as Candlelight Shadow took the upper hand with a helix maneuver.
Rustle rustle...
My Barbarian War Boots skidded against the sand as I pressed the hilt of my sword to Candlelight Shadow's chest before rus.h.i.+ng past him in one smooth motion. The blade chased after my movement and drew a line where Candlelight Shadow's neck was. He crouched quickly, but the Heaven-stealing Sword still scratched his helmet.
Chiang!
Sparks flew everywhere as a huge damage number popped above his head—4574!
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Candlelight Shadow smiled cruelly and chased after me like an unrelenting ghost. I rushed him with equal fearlessness. The two of us followed an S-shape path until we met at the center and clashed swords against one another. The next moment, we threw a punch at each other at the same time!
Bang!
Both of us stumbled backward after taking a punch from the other party. My b.l.o.o.d.y cape flapping behind me and my sword s.h.i.+ning like a lamp, I planted my foot on the sandy ground and charged Candlelight Shadow once more. My skills' cooldowns were up, but I wasn't going to use them. Oh no, I was going to kill Candlelight Shadow through pure technique and see if he still had the face to call himself China's king of control after that!
“Heh!”
Candlelight Shadow grew harsher as he swam his way erratically toward me. The moment we were about to make contact, he leaped into the air and brought his sword down for an overhead strike!
I saw what he was doing, so I pumped strength into my legs and ran an intertwined double-S pattern toward Candlelight Shadow. It was the same helix maneuver he pulled on me earlier, an advanced technique that demanded exceptional reaction speed and judgment from its user. My path was like a circle, and I could launch a devastating attack from any point along that path. It was basically the upgraded version of the b.u.t.terfly maneuver. However, Candlelight Shadow needed a second or so to complete one full helix pattern. With my current ability, I could do it in just 0.75 seconds!
“Hmm?”
A hint of astonishment flashed across Candlelight Shadow's eyes as I appeared about 30 degrees behind his back. Then, I hit his exposed back with lightning speed. There was no parry, no Guard; just pure offense versus pure defense for once.
3764!
2981!
Despite being caught in a great disadvantage, Candlelight Shadow didn't turn around to face me. He didn't have the time to turn around anyway because I was about to hit him with a Desperate Gambit and delete all of his remaining HP!
“Hah!”
Candlelight Shadow did a back kick with his right leg and forced me to block it with the flat side of my sword. Chiang! His war boots. .h.i.t me so hard that I was literally sliding across the floor. Overall speaking, Candlelight Shadow's equipment was extremely good—even better than mine, frankly—so in a Strength versus Strength exchange, I actually didn't have any advantage over him at all.
Back in reality, the audience members were holding their breaths unconsciously as two peak-level, maybe even Heavenly King–level players duked it out against one another. Helix maneuvers hadn't been seen in a game for over a year, and today two peak-level players were using it to find a c.h.i.n.k in the opponent's armor and beat the other party! It was a level of compet.i.tion no one had seen for a very long time!
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Not far away, a low-health Li Chengfeng was chasing after G.o.d's Dance and attempting to kill her, but things were not looking well for him at all. G.o.d's Dance hadn't lost her Magic s.h.i.+eld yet, and Li Chengfeng had lost too much health fighting the other members of Candle Dragon earlier. It was because the inexperienced girls of our party had died way too quickly to make an impact in the fight!
“Roar!”
G.o.d's Dance fired a Dragon's Roar, and Li Chengfeng dodged out of harm's way with a beautiful zigzag. However, he couldn't dodge the follow-up hurricane from G.o.d's Dance that hit him for over 3500 HP and killed him where he stood. s.h.i.+t, I'm the only one still alive in the party now!
G.o.d's Dance ran up to Candlelight Shadow and said, “I'm here to help!”
Candlelight Shadow licked his lips and said, “Kill him!”
I gritted my teeth and activated Thunderous Charge, blitzing toward G.o.d's Dance like a lightning bolt. I'll kill her first and deal with Candlelight Shadow later!
But G.o.d's Dance predicted that I would go after her and dodged my Charge with a lithe jump to the back.
Inside the party channel, Li Chengfeng said, “Vice leader, G.o.d's Dance Flash still has 10 seconds of CD! She used it when she was fighting me!”
“Got it!”
I parried away a Fireball thrown in my direction while I ran toward G.o.d's Dance. Magic could be parried as well, but the amount of damage reduced was 40% at most.
At the same time, I sensed Candlelight Shadow running toward me from behind. Sharp rocks burst out of the ground as he launched a fierce Rock Thrust at me!
Suddenly, I changed direction and speed before leaping into the air. Leaving a Z-shaped path behind my footsteps, I slashed Candlelight Shadow right across his chest armor. Surprise appeared in the warrior's eyes. He clearly didn't expect me to launch a counter attack this quickly while under the threat of Rock Thrust!
MISS!
6094!
I successfully landed a Pardon and a basic attack. Candlelight Shadow as a 5-Strength warrior, so the attack had one-shot him where he stood!
However, I was low on HP as well. Sensing a chill behind my back and cursing, I spun around and fired a Dragon Slaying Slash straight at G.o.d's Dance!
Dragon's Roar!
Ice Fire Flurry!
I took three magic spells in a row and lost all of my remaining HP. Although I managed to kill G.o.d's Dance with my Dragon Slaying Slash, she died half a second later than me. That was all it took to lose a match!
Ding~!
System Notice: You have died. Your party has lost the round!
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