Chapter 920: War God Rampage (1/2)
Swhoosh!
After Beiming Xue was teleported out of the arena, she complained with a helpless expression on her face, ”This is impossible… Candlelight Shadow’s speed is completely beyond my ability to react…”
Gui Guzi said, ”Candlelight Shadow is fast, but you still should’ve been able to catch him out with Well of the Abyss, Lil Beiming. The timing on the one you used earlier could stand to be better…”
Beiming Xue blinked helplessly. ”But… I’m already giving it my all…”
Lian Xin looked to me for guidance. ”What do you think, big brother Lu Chen?”
I bit my finger before answering, ”Did you guys notice Candlelight Shadow buffing himself with a speed up skill at the same time he activated Great Earth Transformation? That is how he boosted his speed beyond Beiming’s ability to suppress. Also, there’s a 0.5-second channelling time to Well of the Abyss, and that is more than enough time for Candlelight Shadow to lock onto any empty spot, Charge and dodge it perfectly. The Divine General Skill is practically useless against him now.”
Li Chengfeng hummed for a moment before asking, ”Does this mean there’s no hope for Lil Beiming, Lu Chen?”
”No, there is still hope.”
I explained while staring at Candlelight Shadow in the arena, ”Candlelight Shadow will definitely underestimate Beiming a little when the second round begins. If Beiming lets him get close to her and dodge his attacks using the helix maneuver Yiyi taught her, he’ll freeze up for just an instant. Stun him with Shock Arrow, lower his Defense with Bone Eroding Arrow, delete his HP with Evil Spirit Volley, and trap him with Well of the Abyss right before the stun is about to end. Finally, use undodgeable AoE skills like Skypiercer and Spiraling Arrow Blade to end his life at the end of Well of the Abyss’ duration. He will parry and dodge everything else, so don’t even bother. You already know this, but never underestimate his control. Even I can lose to him in this area!”
Beiming Xue blinked again. ”But I haven’t even mastered half of the helix maneuver, big bro. I’m nowhere proficient enough to use it in a real fight. What if I fail mid-execution?”
”So what? If you’re going to lose either way, then you may as well choose the path with least regrets, right?”
”Yeah!”
Suddenly, He Yi said quietly next to me, ”So this is how you console your little sister. Hmm…”
Me: ”...”
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Beiming Xue trained her gaze on Candlelight Shadow after she teleported into the arena once more.
When the battle began, Beiming Xue moved backward and shot Candlelight Shadow with Freezing Arrows only. For someone who just lived the life of a speedster a moment ago, the ice freezing over his armor and reducing his movement speed was incredibly uncomfortable to say the least.
”Tsk!”
Candlelight Shadow waved his arm and conjured a cyan formation beneath his feet. Just like last time, his movement speed suddenly increased drastically, and two zigzags later— made to dodge Beiming Xue’s follow-up Freezing Arrows—he halted in front of her and channeled a killer combo!
Beiming Xue gritted her teeth and parried the first hit with her dagger. Then, she slipped away from his vision, turned her heels, and rotated to his right flank in a flash. By the time Candlelight Shadow turned around to swing his sword at her, her momentum had carried her to his left flank already. Despite claiming that she hadn’t mastered the technique yet, Beiming Xue had somehow managed to pull off the upgraded version of the butterfly maneuver, the helix maneuver, with incredible grace.
”What?!”
Candlelight Shadow was shocked as a matter of course. The helix maneuver had always been a fighter-only technique, not to mention that there were only a handful of players in the entire server that could apply it in a real fight successfully. This almost certainly marked the beginning of a whole new level of skill for the Archer class.
The spectators were completely shocked by Beiming Xue’s performance as well. Not only did she, an archer, managed to pull off the legendary helix maneuver successfully, she had used it on none other than the Martial God, Candlelight Shadow himself!
”You want to die?”
Humiliated and enraged, Candlelight Shadow turned again and sent a horizontal slash at Beiming Xue’s direction. There was no dodging or parrying this one!
Even with the Windchaser set’s ridiculous Defense, that one hit still deleted 50% of Beiming Xue’s health bar. However, that was exactly the golden opportunity she was waiting for! There was a half-a-second lull in Candlelight Shadow’s movement after the strike, and it was during that time Beiming Xue unleashed her Shock Arrow, Bone Eroding Arrow and Evil Spirit Volley in rapid succession!
Candlelight Shadow realized he was in trouble the moment he saw this. With supernatural speed, he raised his weapon and used Guard!
Sparks flew everywhere as Evil Spirit Volley rocked his body and deleted over half of his HP. The moment the skill ended, Beiming Leaped into the air and used Well of the Abyss!
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Everything seemed to be going smoothly, but I exclaimed in sudden realization, ”F.U.C.K!”
”What’s wrong?” Lin Yixin turned toward me after my outburst.
I clenched my fists before responding, ”F.u.c.k me, I can’t believe I forgot that Candlelight Shadow was a seventh-promotion warrior. This means that he has the seventh-promotion skill, War God Rampage!”
War God Rampage: The seventh-promotion signature skill of the Warrior class. For 12 seconds, increases user’s Attack by 40%, reduces user’s Defense by 25%, but grants magic immunity.
The magic immunity protected the warrior not only from magic, but also all status effect skills! Not even Beiming Xue’s Well of the Abyss was an exception! It was why a warrior was considered to be almost invincible during these 12 seconds. Although I was a warrior myself, my mentor was a lousy one, and it didn’t look like he was going to teach me the skill anytime soon. Therefore, my only hope of acquiring the skill was to get it from a boss drop.
Swhoosh!