Chapter 648: Frightening Slash (1/2)
A ghastly energy spread to my surroundings as I turned the Apparition Ring. I pointed my palm to my side, and my body double took shape beside me. It was of course the Apparition effect of the Apparition Ring. Just like me, it was riding the Armored Ice Qilin Horse and wielding the Cyan Netherworld Sword. The only difference between me and it was that its stats were 25% lower than mine, and it didn’t have its own Phantom Wolf King.
Right now my stats were absolutely crazy, so a body double with only 75% of my power was still incredibly powerful. This was especially true for its Attack stat. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to compare it to the incarnation of a godslayer.
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Meanwhile, the 5000-strong fourth subguild of Hall of Immortality was assembling at the edge of the forest. Columns of riders occasionally rode past their formation. Suddenly, an archer looked behind himself and felt his pupils widening in fear, his expression contorting into deep fright. He shouted, ”Holy fuck, Ancient Sword’s Cyan Tiger Cavalry is charging us! We need to assemble a defense line right now! Fuck, those shameless fuckers didn’t even give us a warning…”
In front of the archer, a Level 142 high-rank magic knight carrying a cyan circular shield on his left arm let out a growl. ”Shit! That man riding that black frost horse is the sixth-promotion Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand! And there are two of them! This is so fucking stupid…”
A high-level mage that managed to keep a cooler head than the duo shouted, ”No one is allowed to trample on our dignity, even if that person is Lu Chen himself! Get into position and get ready to send him and his riders back where he came from! Warriors, magic knights, wanderers, form a defense line as soon as possible! Mages, get ready to fire your Galaxy Storms! Archers, shoot them with Mountain Stagger Arrow and knock them off their horses! They are just weaklings without their mounts!”
It looked like the fourth subguild of Hall of Immortality wasn’t a complete pushover. At the very least, they were able to form a defense line and prepare for our arrival very quickly.
The enemy archers raised their bows and got ready to fire their Far Shots at a moment’s notice.
As the man leading the charge, I made sure to maintain me and my double’s speed at 50% or so not to step out of our line. It was still incredibly quick though.
The captain of the archers read my movement and shouted, ”Loose!”
However, I was prepared for the enemy’s reaction. I abruptly cranked my movement speed to the max and moved so fast that my figure was a blur to anyone who was watching me. The archers could only watch with stunned expressions as their Volleys, Mountain Stagger Arrows, Devil Piercing Arrows, and more missed entirely. They shouted, ”Really? Really now? This Lu Chen is way too sly! Magic knights, wanderers, warriors, watch out!”
I activated Charge the moment the enemy frontliners entered my skill range!
Swhoosh!
I disappeared from my original spot and slammed into the shield of the magic knight right in front of me hard. Size-wise, my Armored Ice Qilin Horse was a whole head taller than the enemy’s mount, but the Strength difference between the two mounts was even bigger. I raised the Cyan Netherworld Sword and fired Thousand Ice Slash right away!
Boom!
My mount increased my attack range, and Thousand Ice Slash was no exception. The size of the skill was increased by nearly 100% as it splashed down atop the enemies in a cone shape, dealing over 20k damage to all the affected. The archers, tamers, and priests were one-shot where they stood, and even the tanky magic knights lost half their health due to the sheer amount of splash damage they took. They couldn’t help but stare at the bodies of their companions in shock.
”Holy shit, what the hell is that attack power…” Not far away, a Level 141 magic knight exclaimed in shock while he tried to rush me. All around me, the half-health magic knights also tried to overwhelm me with sheer numbers. If they didn’t act as meatshields for their ranged players, then there was no way in hell they could keep me down.
I couldn’t help but smile when twenty or so players tried to surround me. Swinging my sword in front of me three times in a row, three flaming sword auras swept across the group and one-shot them all! Again, my mount had drastically increased the skill range of Burning Blade Slash!
”What the hell, this is way too fucking broken!” Once again, the players of the fourth subguild of Hall of Immortality were left speechless by my assault.
Behind me, the Cyan Tiger Cavalry finally showed up only to discover I had created a kill zone all by myself. Dumbfounded, Gui Guzi said, ”Boss Broken Halberd, can you tone down your OP-ness a bit? You’re going to crush their spirit if you keep this up…”
My body double unleashed its own Burning Blade Slash and Thousand Ice Slash while Gui Guzi was talking. Before the enemy could react, it ate a Saint Spirit Potion to restore itself to full, pulled its sword and summoned the image of a purple dragon! It was none other than the Purple Dragon Howl!
”Roar!”
The gigantic dragon merciless tore everyone in its path to shreds. If the Hall of Immortality players weren’t terrified before, they were now.
I could summon an apparition of myself every 20 minutes, and it always manifested with all their skills ready to go. What this meant was that I could now make my body double use Purple Dragon Howl every 20 minutes even if its Attack was only 75% of mine. That certainly was enough destructive power to make the Hall of Immortality players cry rivers of tears.
Gui Guzi charged into the enemy as Heaven’s Rain and Diamond Dust rode next to him like bodyguards. Escorted by the girls, he and the other 399 Cyan Tiger Cavalrymen in his party hit the enemy and screamed like banshees as if they could shatter the enemy’s courage with noise alone.
”Boom boom boom!”
All kinds of skill exploded amidst the enemy, but instead of finishing off the survivors the riders kept charging and tore down every player who was standing in their way. At this point, the poor subguild had lost control of the situation completely. It was bad enough that their power was drastically inferior to ours, but they were even outnumbered by us, if just a little. They never had the chance to stop us.
The human players weren’t the only ones who were wreaking havoc too. Every time my Phantom Wolf King swung its claws, it would tear apart armor and flesh like they were nothing at all. Occasionally, it would trigger Claw of the Storm and shred the enemy with unstoppable wind blades. It was like a walking signboard that said “living things beware”.
”Will anyone join me? Archers and mages, let’s focus fire on that pet and kill it first!” a barbarian warrior shouted. He was a team leader, and he seemed to have a bit more influence than the usual lackeys.
Behind him, a large number of archers and mages raised their weapons in unison and aimed at the Phantom Wolf King. I immediately took control of my pet and made it howl. A moment later, the sky became darkened by bloody clouds, and the Purgatory Storm burst into existence right at the center of a group of enemies. For a time, screams of pain and death filled the air.
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Gui Guzi was running his mount back and forth through the enemy formation like they didn’t exist. However, a gigantic icicle suddenly hit him in the chest!
Bang!
10992!