Chapter 440 Under 20 Minutes! (1/2)
The raid group looked on in disbelief as they witnessed the confrontation between Izroth and Ooudamu—if one could even call it that. To be more precise, it was a completely one-sided slaughter!
Even though Halls tried his best to maintain aggro, Izroth's damage output was simply too much. Naturally, Halls became frustrated at his own lack of ability. But, it was not his fault. After all, there was probably not a single tank within all of RML who would be able to hold aggro after such a vicious spike of damage output!
The members of Sleeping Gardenia were left speechless. For a split second, they forgot about the fact that they were fighting against a raid boss.
Mariposa had a weary expression on her face as she shook her head. Although Izroth showed no interest in joining Sleeping Gardenia, she still held out a tiny strand of hope. She was even willing to use her connections in the real world to win him over! However, she felt that it was too late. Someone like this—how could they be tied down?
”It looks like I made the right call becoming allies with him. Blue Oasis, do you have any idea what you have thrown away?” Mariposa sighed. She pitied Blue Oasis and the choice they made to abandon their friends.h.i.+p with Izroth.
Mariposa could not help but wonder what would have happened back then if she never tore up that contract. When she thought about that moment, Mariposa was relieved that she was not short-sighted. If she had tried to force matters, then it may very well be her Sleeping Gardenia in a similar position to Blue Oasis!
”What are you all doing slacking off? Do you want to embarra.s.s our Sleeping Gardenia?! Attack with everything you have!” Mariposa stated as she waved her magic staff, creating a horizontal 3-meter tear in s.p.a.ce.
At the same time, a similar tear in s.p.a.ce appeared at Ooudamu's location over her torso. The tear before Mariposa vanished before reappearing vertically in front of the spatial tear at Ooudamu's position.
”Spatial Rive.” Mariposa made a cutting motion with her staff as the spatial tears collapsed into itself and generated a violent force that acted as if it wanted to tear Ooudamu apart!
When the players from Sleeping Gardenia heard Mariposa's words and saw her take action, they snapped out of it and continued with their a.s.sault. To be honest, the damage dealers were disheartened after seeing Izroth's destructive capabilities. How were they supposed to compete with a monster like that?! Or rather, was there anyone capable of competing against him? Perhaps only those monsters from Heaven's Law had a chance, but even regarding them, they had their doubts.
Zi Yi tightly clenched the bow in her hand in frustration. She thought that, even if it was just a bit, she had moved closer to Izroth. However, it appeared that there was still a gap that she was not even aware existed!
But, Zi Yi was not the only one frustrated. Guan Yu, Halls, Valentine—they all experienced the same feeling as Zi Yi. If things continued like this, then wouldn't they eventually become a burden to Izroth? Stronger! Somehow, they had to become stronger!
As for Luna, since she was a healer, her level of frustration was not as strong as the others. Nevertheless, for some reason, there was this emptiness in her stomach as she looked at the countless arms of purple lightning behind Izroth. If he was already this strong, would a day come when they were simply holding him back, and he no longer needed them? When this thought entered Luna's mind, it only fed the emptiness she experienced. However, she kept a calm and collected outer appearance as she continued to perform her role as a healer without flaw.
Izroth, who was currently oblivious to how much he had affected everyone with his new display of power, improved the speed of his a.s.sault. Whenever he performed an attack or skill, the arms of purple lightning at his back would copy him and execute the same move. There was a 0.1-second delay between every arm's attack and a total of 100 arms of lightning. But, no two arms ever attacked at the same time. This meant that over the span of 10 seconds, one would be faced with a seemingly endless barrage of continuous attacks that left them with little to no breathing room. This was the ruthlessness of the Call of the Thunder G.o.d's Third State: Heavenly Arms!
Skill Name: Call of the Thunder G.o.d
Skill Level: 2/5 -u003e 3/5
Skill Rank: S -u003e SS
Requirements: None
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*New -u003e «Third State: Heavenly Arms»
Mana Cost: 1,200
Active: As long as «Third State: Heavenly Arms» is active, the user acquires the pa.s.sive skills «Heavenly Arms of the Thunder G.o.d» and «Lightning Mimicry: 100 Arms of Lightning». Upon activation, the user gains 2 stacks of «Arm of Lightning». This skill lasts for 5 minutes.
Cooldown: 168 hours
Pa.s.sive: When the user is out of combat for 10 seconds, «Third State: Heavenly Arms» enters into a dormant state. While in its dormant state, all arms are retracted, and the user losses any temporary stat increase. During this time, the active duration of «Third State: Heavenly Arms» is halted until the skill is once again active. Resuming combat automatically reactivates the active of «Third State: Heavenly Arms».
«Heavenly Arms of the Thunder G.o.d»: When this skill first becomes active, the user's attack is increased by 100% for 8 seconds. Each kill that the user achieves while «Third State: Heavenly Arms» is active increases the duration of «Third State: Heavenly Arms» by 15 seconds (MAX: 1,500/s), temporarily increases the user's attack by 5% (MAX: 500%), and grants the user 1 stack of «Arm of Lightning» (MAX: 100).
«Lightning Mimicry: 100 Arms of Lightning»: For every «Arm of Lightning» stack, an arm made of pure lightning element forms at the user's back. This arm of lightning mimics the user's every attack and skill dealing 10% of the mimicked attack's damage as lightning damage that ignores all defenses. Each arm of lightning has a 0.1-second attack delay. Crowd control and other effects of the mimicked attack or skill does not apply. No other attack can be used until the final «Arm of Lightning» completes its attack.
Special Note: This skill cannot be leveled up using skill points and the user must experience many battles to further advance. Activating another state while one is already active multiplies the mana cost by 1+(The Number of states currently active). The rank of this skill is upgraded as the user unlocks more states. This skill once belonged to a certain individual who fought single-handedly against a powerful empire and prevailed!
After his numerous intense fight at Zushuatri's Sky Palace, Izroth had gained a considerable chunk of battle experience with his Call of the Thunder G.o.d! Though it was not until his battle against Sage that he unlocked the Call of Thunder G.o.d's third state. In addition, the skill moved up one grade from S-ranked to SS-ranked!
How many SS-ranked skills were there in RML? This much was unknown; however, it could probably be counted on one's fingers!
If the gap between A-ranked and S-ranked skills was considered large, then the gap that existed between that of an S-ranked and SS-ranked skill was like that of heaven and earth—they were in two completely different leagues! The power of the two could not be compared! The most frightening thing, however, was that the skill was not yet at its full potential.