22 The 12th and the 13th floor (1/2)

[Congratulations for defeating the eleventh floor. Please choose one item as a reward from the followings:]

[Item 1: Aurora Gardenia]

[Item 2: Beast Core(Rat King)]

[Item 3: Rainbow Feather]

At the same time as the voice named the items, holograms appeared in front of Li Wei. He blankly stared at the flower, the core and the feather.

'All this hard work just for one material... They should all be of equal value but which one to choose...'

Li Wei did not know which one to choose, he did not know anything about materials or their value. After pondering for a moment, Li Wei ended up taking the Rainbow Feather. There was no particular reason for that choice, Li Wei just randomly chose that one.

Immediately after, the other 2 holograms disappeared, while a feather icon appeared in his inventory and the usual mist covered the arena once again.

Seconds later, the mist slowly disappeared, revealing a well built Paladin. The latter was wearing a shiny armor, holding a shield in one hand and a hammer in the other. He was walking like a soldier, making a little stomp with each step.

The two naturally got into fighting stances and the usual announcement was heard.

[Would you like to begin the twelfth fight?]

”Begin !”

[Floor 12: level 12 Paladin, begin the fight in 5]

[4]

[3]

[2]

[1]

[Begin!]

Li Wei immediately charged at the Paladin, he was a bit annoyed at the last round's reward and so, wanted to vent his frustration on the Paladin. He immediately activated [Strengthen] and raised his swords to perform [Blade Draw].

The Paladin raised his shield and stepped forward. The shield blocked the [Blade Draw], causing the Paladin to only take 5 Damage from the hit.

After taking the blow, the Paladin did not lower his shield, instead, he used his level 10 skill, [Charge] which allowed him to dash in a direction. The Paladin charged at Li Wei, with the large shield still in front of his body.

Seeing that, Li Wei quickly stepped out of the way, however, the Paladin stopped his charge right past Li Wei and turned to strike Li Wei with his hammer.

The latter immediately raised his swords in a cross shape to block, but even though the Paladin stopped his charge, the momentum was still there which forced Li Wei to take a few steps back, ”-12”.

As Li Wei was pushed back, the Paladin did not let him rest and immediately used another skill, [Taunt].

Li Wei immediately felt weird, he did not know what was happening but he became more frustrated and absolutely wanted to stab his swords at the Paladin. He instinctively attacked the Paladin, but as he stepped forward to attack, he was greeted by a hammer strike from the side. ”-16”

'Crap, this game can even affect your emotions... I cannot let this last for long, I keep getting bad trades.'

After taking the blow, Li Wei's mind cleared a little, he immediately focused and quickly swung his swords towards the Paladin. The latter was strong and could hold his ground, ”-2”,”-1”, small numbers kept popping on the Paladin, but they were not very significant since Paladins have high HP.

However, while Li Wei was still attacking the Paladin, he covertly activated his ring's skill,[Earth Wall]

The earth started to shake under the Paladin's feet, he tried to quickly step away from that position, but Li Wei used [Cleave] and forced the Paladin to block.

The ground finally lifted a bit, causing the Paladin to trip. [Reinforce], while falling on his back, the paladin immediately used his defensive skill, knowing that he fell for his opponent's tactic.

And surely, Li Wei unleashed a range of attacks. The Paladin struggled but in this disadvantageous position, there was not much he could do. He eventually blocked Li Wei's swords and pushed him back, but he had already lost half of his Health in exchange.

As soon as he got back on his feet, the Paladin immediately went on the offensive, [Charge], he once again used this skill, Li Wei was close and there was no way to avoid it.

But Li Wei did not avoid it, instead, he used his other ring's skill, [Chaos Sphere]. The shield and the Sphere came into contact and the latter exploded. ”-19” appeared on the Paladin's head. His charge was interrupted and he was momentarily blinded by the explosion.

But that small window was all Li Wei needed, he quickly took advantage of that and moved diagonally to the Paladin's right.

[Howl] was swiftly used, slightly pushing the shield away, and swords quickly pierced through the opening. ”-15”,”-14”

Li Wei did not stand still, he quickly drew back the swords and move around the Paladin to look for another opening.

But the latter was prepared, [Taunt] was once again used, and Li Wei naturally attacked the Paladin... He raised his swords and hacked at the shield.

The Paladin blocked the swords but shortly after, [Bash], the shield slightly glowed and slammed onto Li Wei's body, ”-20”

After these exchanges, Li Wei was left with half HP while the Paladin only had a quarter left. But it was once again Li Wei's turn to be on the offensive.

Swords continuously stroke the shield, not finding any opening. [Cleave], [Blade Draw] Li Wei launched these 2 skills one after the other, the [Cleave] was strong enough to push the shield a few centimeters away allowing the close ranged [Blade Draw] to hit the Paladin.

'I win' thought Li Wei, he was about to use [Howl] to continue his combo but he quickly noticed something,

'Crap... My mana...', after the consecutive use of skill, Li Wei's mana was almost entirely depleted, [Howl] cost 20 mana, but he only had 16 left and he could not use any potions here.

But fortunately, the Paladin's mana was also empty.

Not able to use his skill, Li Wei could only swing his swords continuously. The Paladin only had a sliver of HP left but he could do nothing but defend. Slowly but surely, in an unexciting way, the announcement was heard:

[Congratulations for defeating the twelfth floor. Please choose one item as a reward from the followings:]

[Item 1: Long Sword(Grade 1)]

[Item 2: Leather Boots(Grade 1)]

[Item 3: Light Hood(Grade 1)]

'Fioufff, that was closer than it should have been... I need to use my mana more efficiently from now...' said Li Wei in his heart, he then focused his attention on the holograms.