Chapter 498: Barrier Break (1/2)

My eyes widened in slight shock. I never imagined that the Level 120 fighter classes would be able to learn such a good skill. As an Undead Swordsman, my class was absolutely a subclass of Warrior. However, it was too bad that my class trainer was Rinser, a holy magus. Because of that, I wasn’t given an opportunity to learn Barrier Break. Fortunately for me, combining Desperate Gambit and Perceive Weakness gave me Universe Break. so I guess you could say that I got a lucky break.

Universe Break had nearly the same effects as Barrier Break, but it was superior in every category. It did more damage, ignored more of an opponent’s defenses, and even used the power of the universe to lower my opponent’s attack by 10%! It was highly effective in both PvP and killing bosses!

I took off my Soul Suppressing Cloak without the slightest bit of hesitation. It was the only piece of Earth-grade equipment I was wearing and it added 145 Strength, so it was definitely enough to push Lin Yixin’s Strength to 1400 points.

“Here, wear it and learn the skill before returning it to me…” I said with a faint smile.

“Mmm!”

Lin Yixin quickly wore the cloak. But after that, she was starstruck by the increase in her stats and she smiled at me sweetly. “Little Cheat, can I please keep it…”

“You dare…”

“Fine, fine. I’ll be done soon...”

Brilliant light soon engulfed Lin Yixin’s body. It was clear that she had successfully learned the Barrier Break skill. Now that she had this skill, Lin Yixin’s ability to penetrate her target’s Defense was extremely high. It didn’t matter if she went up against high-Defense players in heavy armor like Gui Guzi or I, she would still have no problem cutting through our Defense like a hot knife through butter.

After Lin Yixin returned the Soul Suppressing Cloak to me, she smiled sweetly and said, “Thanks! I think that there was no one else besides you who could help me learn Barrier Break…”

I laughed. “Haha, it’s fine. You managed to learn it. The server’s going to close soon, so you should get some rest. We’ve been killing monsters for so many hours, you must be tired out of your mind.”

“Mn.”

Lin Yixin nodded her head as she stared at me with those beautiful eyes that sparkled like amethysts. She seemed to want to say something else to me.

“What? What’s up?”

“Uh… Can you thank Sister He Yi for me? She died to save my life. Also… are you free in the afternoon tomorrow? I… I’ll treat all of you to a meal?”

“Tomorrow afternoon?” I licked my lips before replying, “Let’s do it on another day. We’re busy tomorrow, and we won’t even be in Suzhou…”

“Oh? Where are you going?”

“I’m taking a trip home to visit my dad. He Yi, Mingyue, and Beiming Xue want to enjoy the scenic countryside as well, so the entire Frost Cloud Workshop’s going along with me.”

“Okay, let’s have a meal when I come back.”

“Okay! Have fun on your trip!”

We bade each other goodbye. Just after we turned to walk away, the server shutdown timer appeared in our HUD. After experiencing a series of fierce battles, Sky City had been reduced to a bunch of ruins and the city itself was strewn with corpses, so the server needed to refresh Sky City and transfer the authority of Sky City to Karinshan. All of these things needed time to patch in.

The entire Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls guild chat broke out into an uproar.

Li Chengfeng: “Fucking hell, I was this close to completing my fifth class promotion quest. Ah, this system really didn’t give me any face this time…”

Beiming Xue: “I also nearly completed my promotion quest. Boohoo…”

He Yi: “I barely even got started. I just received an A Rank quest, and it’ll take me at least three hours to kill all of these monsters.”

Xu Yang: “I didn’t even hit Level 120 because I died early. Please stop tormenting me…”

Everyone broke out into laughter at that. We logged out together as the system slowly ticked down to zero.

……

After I took off my helmet, I sucked in a deep breath of cool midnight air. I had been online for more than ten hours, so my body had about reached its limits. Moreover, my stomach was growling incessantly and I was feeling extremely dehydrated. This actually felt a bit unpleasant.

My body actually swayed a little as I stood up so I quickly grabbed the bottle of mineral water on my table and chugged it down. As water coursed down my parched throat, I felt strength returning to my body.

As I thought of everything that had happened during the Coldblade War, I couldn’t help but laugh. Tsk tsk, it could definitely be said that Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls, Snowy Cathaya, and The Monarch Descends had reaped the most benefits during this event since we’d managed to hold on until the very end. When Coldblade, one of the Nine Great Sovereigns of Hell, finally made an appearance, we were the only players who dared to take him on. We had definitely made a mark on the history of Heavenblessed with our actions.