Chapter 484 - FLYING HEARTS (2/2)

If he eliminated this guy here now, his troublesome elder sister would definitely punish him in some way.  Maybe she would make a fan-art of his game avatar and then pair him with some random guy.  That would be the better outcome.  Worse?  She could post an embarrassing picture of him in his school's forum site.

While he was thinking of that, Luo Yan finally found the opening he was waiting for.

One of Luo Yan's dagger sneaked pass the sword.  When it was about to hit the side of his neck, he suddenly moved his head to the opposite side.  So, he managed to dodge at the nick of time.  Then his hand not holding the sword turned into dragon claws and it came straight to Luo Yan's face.

Luo Yan had no choice but to jump back, completely cutting off the [8th Movement Dance] skill.  Before he could think of his next move, three slashes of golden flame came flying towards him at a very fast speed.

He didn't have time to dodge so he activated one of his skills.  But not before throwing one of his daggers.  He threw it in between the slashes of golden flames.  And then his whole body was suddenly covered with a black shadowy cloak.

It's a skill called [Shadow Cloak].  It covered the user with this shadow-like cloak that would lessen the opponent's attack by half.  This skill could be maintained for 15 seconds and had a cooldown of a minute.

He was not planning on using this on the preliminary round.  Because everything here was being broadcasted.  He didn't want his future opponents to see his skills.  That's why he tried not to use that many skills as much as possible.  But now, this Dragnar had managed to force him to use one of his skills that he was not planning to use today.

With the help of his [Shadow Cloak], he managed to rush past the golden flames and then ran forward towards the direction of Dragnar.  Despite halving the attack power of the golden flames, he could still feel the decrease in his HP.  But he didn't care much about that and just continued forward.

He smiled when he saw that Dragnar was now standing still.  He looked at the fresh wound on his cheek and his dagger that was lodged on the sand way passed the other.  It was obvious that the dagger he threw earlier managed to graze him.  Which was enough for the effect of the Eternal Lotus to activate.  He quickly speeded up before that effect vanished.

Once he was in front of Dragnar, he was about to stab the other's chest when golden smoke started to surround Dragnar.  Luo Yan's pupils shook a bit.  Because this golden smoke symbolized the other turning into his beast form.

He was about to increase his speed when fireworks suddenly appeared above the Winter area.  And then, the voice of the Duke of Hearts filled the place.

[Congratulations to the four players of the Winter area for reaching the quota at the fastest speed!  Noctis, Dragnar, Lovelee, and Pan - you four are now qualified to participate on the final tournament of the Rookie Carnival.  As promised, you will receive a reward for such a feat.  Although I must say, aside from Noctis and Dragnar, the remaining two didn't really entertained me that much.  So, Noctis, Dragnar, please receive this lord's flying hearts!]

Luo Yan and Xia Lei, who both froze the moment the Duke of Hearts spoke, stared at the two flying hearts that appeared out of thin air.

And these two hearts just flew straight to their chest!