Chapter 889: Advertising (1/2)
The competition continued quickly. The second round began less than five minutes after the first round had ended, and this time our opponent was slightly stronger than before with an average level of 172!
This time, our line-up was me, Beiming Xue, Heart Like Water and Hidden Fragrance for the 1v1, and Beiming Xue + Lian Xin for our 2v2. Just like the last round, this was a line-up gunning for the flawless victory.
……
My opponent was Light Streak Night Rain, a Level 175 female mage.
Swhoosh!
We appeared on opposite sides of the barrier and observed each other warily. Light Streak Night Rain was clearly prepared since she had gone so far as to turn off her equipment l.u.s.ter, although she couldn’t conceal the fact that there was a huge sapphire glowing with a dark light sitting at the top of her scepter. It was clearly no ordinary weapon.
”I was hoping to enter the Top 256 at the very least, but it looks like luck is not on my side this year…” Light Streak Night Rain shot me a regretful smile. ”Of all the people we could possibly encounter on our second match, Ancient Sword’s main roster had to be some of the worst of them all…”
I smiled. ”Things will get better eventually. You ready?”
”Mn.”
I rushed Light Streak Night Rain in a straight line the moment the barrier disappeared. The Armored Ice Qilin Horse and Divine Martial War Boots boosted my movement speed beyond her wildest imagination, but she actually managed to come up with a good counter. After crying out in surprise and withdrawing in a hurry, she fired Ice Blast at my mount’s feet and froze me for four seconds!
I was really surprised because Ice Blast was Stranger of Three Lifetimes’ signature skill, and I wasn’t expecting to run into another mage with the skill. I should’ve known better than to underestimate my opponent. The chance this might cost me a game wasn’t zero!
Light Streak Night Rain smiled and raised her scepter high. ”Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand, pray that I don’t crit you, or you’re dead!”
She cast two Dragon’s Roars at me. Mini explosions appeared around both spells just as they were about to hit my head. It was the visual effect of a spell crit, and it caused Light Streak Night Rain’s smile to widen even further.
What she didn’t know was that I was smiling on the inside. I raised my Dragon God Shield and activated Ghost Deity Shield!
Bang bang!
4894!
5280!
Of all the possible outcomes, this had the last possible result Light Streak Night Rain had wanted to see. Her mouth fell open in shock as she exclaimed, ”H-how is this possible? My Dragon’s Roar would’ve hit Laughing At The Heavens for 50k damage at least, and that is without a crit…”
Clearly, the equalizing property of my Ghost Deity Shield wasn’t known to the world yet!
”Eat this!”
After I defrosted, I swung the Purple Ying Sword and cried out, ”Coiling Dragon Revolution!”
”Roar!”
A coiling dragon appeared around my blade while glowing like purple crystals. The moment I tossed the weapon, it transformed into a dragon and passed right through Light Streak Night Rain’s body, piercing her Magic Shield and dealing 33% damage to her!
57289!
Light Streak Night Rain lost all of her HP in one go and slowly collapsed to the ground. A moment later, she scattered into a ball of light and returned to her room. Just like that, the first point was mine...
About 20 seconds later, Light Streak Night Rain teleported back into the arena and asked me with widened eyes, ”How did your Coiling Dragon Revolution hit me? My Magic Shield still had 25% durability…”
I explained to her, ”Coiling Dragon Revolution ignores 33% of your Magic Shield, so you’re eating 33% of the skill damage, or 70% of my basic attack damage, if you get hit.”
”Oh, I get it now. Okay, I surrender…” Light Streak Night Rain smiled and disappeared once more.
This was surprising. I knew that Coiling Dragon Revolution was strong, but I wasn’t expecting it to conquer a fairly powerful mage so easily. Well done, Coiling Dragon Revolution!
……
Swhoosh!
After I flew back to the wooden room, Murong Mingyue immediately teased me, ”The Little Heavenly King is so amazing! All he needed was one pump to make a girl surrender!”
I stared at her. ”Why does everything sound so wrong when it comes out from your mouth? You want to 1v1 me now, sis?”
”Sure! My room is just around the corner!” she declared fearlessly.
Murong Mingyue used the invincible taunt, it was super effective. I immediately threw in the towel and hid behind He Yi for protection. ”I would rather go to Eve’s room than yours…”
He Yi giggled. ”God, I truly hope that the day you guys stop fighting like cats and dogs will come. Beiming Xue, it’s your turn now. Show them who’s boss!”
”Mn.”
Her opponent was a magic knight, and just like we all expected, she utterly annihilated the poor guy. Beiming Xue was practically the bane of all magic knights these days. Her Windchaser set already gave her incredible attack power, but it also had an effect that ignored 45% of the target’s Defense. Add a -50% Defense Bone Eroding Arrow to the mix, and that was 72.5% Defense going poof like it was never there. There was just no way a magic knight could ever be tanky enough to outlast her, much less duel her. Even with my new equipment and skills, Beiming Xue was still the last opponent I wished to fight in a battle. The only way any melee fighter could beat her was to stun her first and kill her in one combo. Otherwise, the match was as good as hers.
Thud thud thud...
The magic knight buffed himself with a Roland Bloodknight Card, but all it achieved was showing off Beiming Xue’s insane damage—