531 Unexpected Obstacle (2/2)

That was because war hammer was a blunt weapon, while spear was a sharp weapon. War hammers attacked with blunt force, while spears would attack with penetrating force. War hammers were heavy and slow, while spears were comparatively lighter and swifter. Even if you had enough physical strength to wield two heavy weapons simultaneously, with one in each hand, the imbalance between the two weapons would be incredibly difficult to deal with. An imbalance between left and right when attacking would easily cause the attacker to lose balance of their entire body. And if you lost your balance on the battlefield, that would be the equivalent of death.

But in Barton's hands, these two ill-paired weapons actually showed off great prowess.

”Get out of my way!”

The furious Old Barton kept swinging the heavy weapons in his hands. His blue spear swept all around him, forcing the metal guardians to constantly back away, and the next instant, Barton's pitch-black hammer viciously crushed a robot that lost its balance during the retreat into nothing but scrap metal.

Barton wasn't using the ranger job class style of extravagantly wielding two weapons simultaneously. He simply carefully adjusted his footwork, sometimes sweeping around him with his spear, usually using the sword energy emanating from his weapon to cause the robot enemies to retreat. Then, he would take advantage of openings to attack with his heavy war hammer. Some faint magical runes could be seen on his hammer that further increased the attack power of this heavy weapon.

Barton's attacks had no regular timing to them. He simply adapted to the situation in battle, making his attacks even more difficult to defend against. And if his attack was blocked on one side, another type of attack from the other side would descend right after.

A sweep with his spear, a strike with his hammer, and then killing a robot with the spear's tip after it was struck off balance. Barton kept repeating this three-attack combination which allowed him to proceed forward with no robot able to stop him.

In front of Old Barton, even a three-meter-tall mechanical warrior was nothing more than a slightly more expensive robot. Not a single metal defender was able to block more than three hits from him. And when the half undead, half mechanical bone giants finally appeared, even they were unable to withstand a single hammer strike from him.

The bald old man's excitement rose as he battled, and he suddenly started swinging both weapons around right where he stood while glaring at the enemies. Sword energy was sent out in all directions, instantly demolishing countless enemy robots.

”Whirlwind of Swords! Sword Saint!”

One of the mercenaries shouted out the name of this well-known technique that Barton was using. Whirling weapons of any type were capable of creating a windstorm of sword energy. Without a doubt, this was a special attack usable only by Sword Saints.

Although this attack had the somewhat negative side effect of causing dizziness in oneself if used for too long, it was indeed a powerful attack that Roland had loved to use back in the day as well.

The length of Barton's two heavy weapons increased the attack power of the Whirlwind of Swords attack by even more than usual. After such a powerful area-of-effect attack, the robots' defensive formation immediately collapsed. Everyone sliced and diced their way to the next staircase leading downwards.

”Only three more levels until we reach the core control area!”

But before they could go any further down, everyone discovered that this next level was actually a wide open platform, with the next staircase leading down actually visible not far away.

After seeing their goal so close by, everyone couldn't help but be delighted. Yet the moment that they stepped forward, all the dim lights suddenly brightened as all the white stone floorboards started glowing as if they were diamonds.

As everyone walked on top of these floorboards, they discovered that these smooth stones were actually reflecting their figures as if the stones were mirrors.

Even the most reckless mercenary present knew that after seeing such a situation, it would be dangerous to proceed forward without a plan. At this time, a heavily panting and sweating Katerina told everyone what this was.

”Be careful. This is a spiritual creature creation room… This is a type of training field for warriors. The moment that someone steps within this room, the spiritual creature creation room will automatically read that person's memories and create an exact spiritual replica of the strongest warrior that person knows. However, the spiritual creature creation room has a limited amount of energy. It's quite easy to deal with as long as we constantly send our individuals with knowledge of the weakest warriors into the room first— Father, wait!”

Before Katerina could even finish speaking, Barton rushed forward first as he had just finished his Whirlwind of Swords attack and was still somewhat disoriented. He didn't even hear her explanation when a light enveloped him before everything returned to calmness again.

However, not far away, a silvery-white figure walked out of the shadows. He wasn't all that tall, and his blonde hair was covered in dust. A raggedy beard covered and obscured his entire face. It didn't seem like that person was even remotely scary. He wasn't even wearing any armor. He simply wore a tattered white cape and held a wooden stick while standing there quite casually.

All the mercenaries present knew this spiritual image as Karo, a drunkard who did nothing but drink and gamble all day. But, for some strange reason, everyone now felt that it would be incredibly difficult to take another step forward.

Everyone immediately froze and stood still. In the end, it was the newly born spiritual image that spoke first. He spoke incredibly arrogant words while using such a calm tone.

”Um, I hate troublesome matters, so could you please save me some time and all attack me together?”