Chapter 326 The Match against Purple Lily (2/2)
Thinking until here, Rhode looked up.
It seems, this time, I can only rely on myself.
”Lize.”
Rhode made a decision and quickly waved his hand. Hearing that Rhode had called her, Lize quickly walked to his side.
”I will go first; you guys should make some preparations… If I can't beat him, make sure to back me up. Until then, Anne, you shall go first and Lize will be the last. Also tell Randolf to prepare, understood?”
”Yes, Mr. Rhode, I understand.”
Hearing until here, Lize was a little bit surprised, but in the end, she still nodded and turned around to inform others. Rhode glanced at everyone and nodded. Then, he walked to the ring while holding the sword.
”Hey, kid, you finally came.”
Looking at Rhode's figure, Barter said while smiling wryly.
”I thought that you would back down. Since you look like someone who only knows how to plan petty tricks from behind.”
”I'm still a man and a man cannot back down, after all.”
Rhode's face sank; he knew that Barter was intentionally mocking his girly face. If this were Marlene and Gillian, he wouldn't have to face this pointless provocation. But since the opponent had seen through his weakness, then he had no choice but to give it a go.
”Great! A real man! I like it!”
Hearing Rhode's reply. Barter laughed and gave him a thumbs-up. This made Rhode, who tried to face him, seriously feel somewhat helpless. He had heard the rumor that the leader of Purple Lily was lacking common sense. But only when he faced him did Rhode finally realized that it wasn't as simple as lacking common sense.
”But I'm going to say this first: I won't give up victory.”
Rhode bent his back and looked at him indifferently. He took out his sword, coldly glared at Barter, and said, ”Me too. Let's see if you have the strength to defeat me!”
Facing Rhode's cold glare, Barter laughed loudly. Then, he flipped his right wrist and lifted up his heavy sword single-handedly
Not only that, he stretched out his left hand and pulled out part of the hilt behind his right hand.
Swoosh!!
The greatsword that was originally about tens of centimeters thick was divided into two and the ends of the sword were linked with chains. The sword looked dim and dull, like an old weapon that had been buried in the ground for long.
Executioner's Greatsword.
In the game, this greatsword was one of the favorite weapons of a Great Swordsman. It gave extremely high damage, but its requirement for strength was relatively low. Before the player's attributes were sufficient to use a highly demanding weapon like the Mountain Sword, the Executioner's Greatsword was a very good transition, not to mention its special ability to divide into two. That meant its damage would be doubled. Certainly, because most players in the game weren't able to use any martial arts techniques, it was impossible for their right and left hands to move flexibly, so when they used this weapon, at most it would just add a little bit more damage.
However, to the real owner of this sword, there wouldn't be any problem in using it.
The Executioner's Greatsword was able to increase physical attack by 30%, defense by 100%, and had one-third chance for a critical attack. All of these attributes were troublesome for him, but fortunately, he had the Composition Adornment.
Thinking until here, Rhode lowered his body as he locked sight with Barter. Barter could feel the fighting spirit that radiated from Rhode at this moment. He smiled as he held up his sword with both hands and crossed them in an X-shaped symbol.
The entire arena was silent.
It was not that the audiences had suddenly learned how to appreciate civilization, nor that they could finally comprehend what it meant to be friendly competition. It was just that they felt an unprecedented pressure and impact when they both arrived in the arena. The audience behind Rhode could feel the coldness in the air. The whistling wind blew like the north wind, cold enough to freeze everything. The audience behind Barter was also no better. If Rhode gave off a cold feeling, the feeling that Barter gave off was like being buried alive. Their bodies felt heavy and they felt they couldn't breathe, like a fish on the shore, unable to make a sound. It was as if there was a huge mountain above them. If they dared to make a noise, then that mountain would fell upon them and turn them into mincemeat.
”Holy, holy spirit…”
Seeing this scene, Kavos and Shauna couldn't help but hold their breaths. They were once mercenary group leaders, after all. Naturally, they were more knowledgeable. As they felt the chill in the air, they realized what was happening before them.
It was a Sword Intent!! It could only be used by Swordmaster who had reached the peak level!!
They looked at Rhode who was standing in the ring unbelievably. Although they knew that Rhode was amazing, but many times, his battles were often done by his summon spirits, so they had the impression that even though Rhode's swordsmanship was very strong, but it was stronger combined with his strange summoned spirits. They usually focused their attention on Rhode's summoned spirits and unconsciously neglected Rhode's swordsmanship. They only guessed that Rhode's swordsmanship level was close to the Swordmaster level or had just entered the Swordmaster level.
Until today, when Rhode unreservedly demonstrated his strength before them. They were surprised to find out this young man wasn't the kind of genius who would have a promising future, but one who already finished the road. To be able to show such a strong sword intent that broadly influenced everyone meant that Rhode's swordsmanship level was completely beyond their imagination. Even Hiller, the leader of Burning Blade mercenary group, had the strength of a Swordmaster, but he still hadn't reached the point where he could display a sword intent.
Thinking until here, both of them glanced at each other. They felt really lucky and happy to be able to serve under such a strong man. Surely their future would be unthinkable…
Very well!
Faced with such an overwhelming;y cold aura, Barter smiled. He was very happy because he could actually fight with such a powerful opponent. He only expressed his attitude, but he didn't expect that Rhode would respond to it unreservedly and he was really satisfied by it. In that case, he didn't have to communicate verbally with him anymore.
Barter narrowed his eyes. He looked at Rhode from the gap of the two swords before him with a serious expression.
Rhode could feel a strong aura coming from Barter, just like a mountain's. No matter how cold the wind that blew past him was, he still didn't move an inch. This showed just how strong Barter was.
At this moment, the referee who had long stood between their sword intents could no longer tolerate this strange feeling and escaped to the side. Then, he lifted his right hand and swung it down.
Swoosh!!
Rhode's figure instantly disappeared. Barter shouted while lifting both of his swords and thrusted them to the ground.
The ground shook, and an intense vibration echoed through the entire arena. The solid slate was also shattered under this powerful force. The cracks quickly spread around and the whistling air crossed over. The X-shaped sword aura aimed toward the sides of the ring, sharp cracks spurring along the way like waves and scattering in all directions.
At this moment, a red light flashed. Then, it turned into a flash of lightning, piercing towards Barter's eyes.