Volume 2 Chapter 22: Martial Arts Tournament (3)
Semi-finals! If you pass this level, you are only one step away from winning the championship! At this time, the system suddenly issued a notification. Due to special reasons, the company decided at an emergency meeting that the prizes for players who achieved good results in this competition will be upgraded, and the distribution method will be changed from the previous fixed prize to players choosing from three mysterious prizes!
This news increased the excitement of the game and the curiosity of all players and spectators, pushing the already heated atmosphere to a climax.
The matchup situation is Van Fels VS Bloody Sky, Lawless VS Zai Shui Yi Fang.
Ha, knights versus knights, it's going to be interesting!
Phils and I went on the court and he performed the knight salute to me as usual. I responded with the classical Chinese fist salute. After all, most of the players in Saint China City are Chinese, so I received a lot of applause from the audience.
As the referee announced the start of the match, Phils drew out his rapier, and I also drew out my Tiger Soul, but with a golden round shield on my left arm.
Facing me, Phils didn't dare to let me attack him like he did to the archers. After all, the attack reflection of the Sky Armor was only 20%. And with my super strong attack power, the knight might not be able to withstand my three consecutive slashes!
Phils began to move, and I noticed that his steps were the kind of sliding steps used in fencing! Combined with the thin stabbing sword in his hand, I can be sure that his attack must be mainly stabbing, and it will be as tricky as a venomous snake.
Sure enough, Fields got the first chance to attack. His sword flashed like lightning, slashing upward from a hidden part of his right elbow and piercing my left chest!
If I wanted to dodge, it would be really difficult for me to avoid this lightning-fast attack, but with the shield in my hand, I only need to lightly swing my left hand at a very small angle to protect my chest, and at the same time, the Iron Wall skill is activated!
Although I just reached level 42 not long ago and have not practiced Iron Wall yet, now that I have equipped a shield, I allocated more than 30 skill points to upgrade Iron Wall by 1 level. In addition, with the Iron Wall skill +1 in the shield attributes, Level 2 Iron Wall can increase my total defense by 30%!
My physical defense was already high, and the rapier had a very fast attack speed, but its lethality was not that great. With a "ding" sound, Fields stabbed my shield, but the sword was bent and couldn't penetrate at all. I only lost more than 40 HP. Instead, I swung my right tiger soul, and Fields leaned back and dodged, but I had expected this move, and changed the force. The tiger soul turned back and slashed at the left rib of Fields, who had lost his shape, and lost more than 500 blood points. Fields showed a painful look on his face, but he was much stronger than the Japanese trash. He didn't groan, but took advantage of the fact that my tiger soul was blocked by his body and couldn't be withdrawn for a while, and stabbed me twice in a row. My shield only blocked one of the swords, and the other sword stabbed me in the lower abdomen.
The two of them took advantage of the situation to separate, three swords for one knife, and I was still the cheaper one. In total, Phils only took away more than 200 HP from me, and my Tiger Soul absorbed more than 50 points.
Undeterred, Phils launched another offensive. His graceful steps were like dancing, concealing murderous intent in his splendor. I, on the other hand, defended steadily and counterattacked. With my solid defense and overwhelming strength, I neutralized his attacks one by one, leaving him with many injuries.
However, the attack reflex of the Sky Armor finally made me feel the pain of being cut by Tiger Soul... It was so fucking uncomfortable! The excruciating pain of blood, flesh, and bone marrow being violently sucked out of my body almost made me scream. It was not difficult for me to understand why Phils turned pale when he saw me swinging the knife. I really admire him for being able to endure until now!
When the match was almost ten minutes in, the winner was finally decided. Since Tiger Soul had the attributes of critical hit and fatal hit +1, plus my high luck, the chance of success was very high. During a duel, Phils was hit by my fatal hit. He was a knight, equipped with the Holy Spirit Armor, but he was killed instantly!
Although this battle was not long, both sides performed very well. The close combat was intense and much more exciting than my match against Phantom of the Past. The audience gave me a warm round of applause, congratulating me on advancing to the finals and cheering for Phils' bravery!
In the second game, Xiao Yi plays against Lawless.
I don't know what kind of luck Xiao Yi has, she has encountered orc berserkers in two consecutive battles. Logically speaking, with her expertise, she is the nemesis of orcs. However, Wutan is not as good as myna, he is also level 40!
The level 40 mage has a magic shield, and the level 40 orc also learns the skill of furious slash, which is a skill specifically designed to break defense. It was with this skill that Lawless defeated Thunderbolt!
Therefore, it is hard to say who will win the battle between the two of them!
Xiao Yi took action! Similarly, the best way to restrain the orcs was fire magic. Xiao Yi also knew that Wu Tian was stronger, so he was more careful this time. He didn't use the fire wall many times to avoid being attacked by the opponent because he stopped moving during the casting process. However, the attack power of the flaming missile alone was very strong. Wu Tian was hit many times and was forced to use a lot of life water.
But no matter how careful Xiao Yi was, he would eventually be hit. Wutan swung his axe in anger, and with a roar of his ghost axe, he suddenly struck Xiao Yi's magic shield, causing it to explode!
This is disadvantageous for Xiao Yi. Although she has not been killed instantly, she must open the shield again. The magic shield skill will consume MP continuously during use, but to deal with it without a shield, she will consume more than 2000 MP!
Xiao Yi is a magician, and her backpack cannot carry nearly as much weight as an orc berserker. With this kind of consumption method, it doesn’t take long before her magic potions are used up before Lawless!
Without the magic potion, the mage was a lamb to be slaughtered. Xiao Yi had no choice but to admit defeat. The audience booed, of course, at the lawless man. The audience was angry! Watching a furry orc in the finals was certainly not as pleasing to the eye as a beautiful woman!
The finals begin!
Although the audience was a little dissatisfied, this was after all a duel between the top and bottom players on the Fantasy Level List. Who was the strongest? It all depended on this battle! Therefore, the atmosphere in the audience was still extremely heated. You know, many players still placed bets on me and Wu Fa Wu Tian to win!
Both of them are warriors, and by this point in the game, they have a good idea of each other's strength. Wu Tian knows that if I use my archery skills, it will be very disadvantageous to him. I am confident that I can suppress him head-on with my strength. There is no need to use long-range attacks, which is not only not glorious, but will also prolong the game. Therefore, as soon as both sides enter the field, they rush towards the opponent at the same time, using hard against hard, and force against force, to see who wins!
This time, I didn’t even equip myself with a round shield. I attacked directly with the strongest power of Tiger Soul, adopting an all-out offensive tactic!
Come to think of it, although I am a slightly higher level and my attributes are even more abnormal, as a knight without a horse, I am still at a disadvantage against the orc berserker.
Accordingly, there are no orc players with high enough levels to learn to counter the knight's skill "jump attack", so if riding is allowed, the knight's advantage will be too great. Although the balance of Fantasy is good, it is impossible to be perfect in all aspects. In this competition, the knight can only blame himself for a small loss.
But I don’t think that I will lose to Lawless if I fight hard, because I have the magical weapon Tiger Soul!
Lawless had already used berserk mode before rushing towards me. His momentum rose sharply and he entered the attack range. He raised his magic axe and concentrated all his energy on the axe, exerting an attack power that was no less powerful than the charge!
I will not show weakness. Although the power of the thrust is not as strong as the furious slash, after all, furious slash is a skill learned at level 40. I am afraid he has not practiced it to many levels. Even if he has added skill points to upgrade it, it may not be stronger than my level 7 thrust.
The two men attacked at the same time, and the axe chopped off Huashan with great force. I tilted my head and was hit on the left shoulder. Blood spurted out and the pain was quite severe. More than 700 blood points were lost. Moreover, a kind of icy energy rushed into my body from the wound, which was very uncomfortable. Moreover, my body flexibility was greatly reduced. This should be the special effect of the Holy Spirit equipment!
However, my Tiger Soul counterattack did not make Wu Tian any better off. I swept through the army and hit him right on the waist. The pain of sucking blood and corroding flesh made his face distorted. The special effect of Tiger Soul Divine Sword, which reduced the target's defense by 20%, offset the defense bonus after the orc went berserk, and the damage caused to him was even greater than mine, deducting more than 900 points of blood!
Both of them were injured, but they did not retreat a single step. They drew back their weapons and fought hard again!
In terms of attack speed, I was slightly slower than Wutan due to the influence of the Ghost Axe, but Hu Po's occasional critical hits with double damage brought the blood loss speed of both sides back to a balance. It was a pity that I didn't deliver a fatal blow, otherwise he might have been killed instantly by me!
After several rounds, even though the two kept replenishing their medicine, they could not keep up with the loss of life. Everyone's HP reached the bottom at the same time, and no one was sure of being the first to kill the other, so they tacitly retreated a step at the same time, took a short breath, and once their HP was replenished by more than half, they pounced again!
It seems that we are evenly matched, but in fact, I have a slight advantage. Tiger Soul has the property of blood-sucking, and using berserk will continuously deduct blood. As a result, my medicine consumption is slightly less than Wutan's. Moreover, in order to prevent my frequent critical hits, he has to use Small Huandan continuously. Although orcs have no problem carrying heavy loads, the space in their backpacks is limited. How many bottles of Small Huandan can they carry?
After fighting for several rounds, Wutan roared wildly, and finally retreated before reaching his limit for the first time. I was affected by the coldness of the ghost axe and couldn't catch up with him, so I chopped him with a knife. Unexpectedly, the knife's light was so strong that it just passed through Wutan's chest. Hey, it was a bargain.
Wu Tian had a hidden trick up his sleeve! He waved his hand and the axe flew out of his hand, spinning like a wheel, whistling through the air and slashing towards me!
I never thought that the orc berserker could also attack from a distance! This should be an additional skill of the ghost axe, but I was too late to react, and the axe wheel slashed across my waist. The power of this attack was no less than that of the furious slash. After this axe, my HP dropped from half to 1/4. It was really dangerous!
I quickly swallowed a small pill, flew backwards, dodged behind a beam of light and regrouped, and the ghost axe hit me and then spun automatically back to Wutan's hand. Oh my god, it turned out to be a boomerang!
However, Wu Tian's move can only be used for surprise attacks. It is not easy for his flying axe to hit me again when I am on guard, after all, the speed of the flying axe is far less than that of the bow and arrow. He lost his only chance to win. If he insisted on fighting one more time and waited until both of us were at the bottom of the blood before using this move, there is a high possibility that I would be killed. But on the other hand, if I followed up with a knife and exerted the same blade light, he would be the first to die.
Since you also have long-range attacks, it won't be considered as me taking advantage of you if I use a bow and arrow. I put away the Tiger Soul, took out the bow and arrow, strung it, bent the bow, and aimed. There was already panic in Wutan's eyes. After all, his flying axe skills were unique. How could they compare to the varied, magical and swift professional skills of real long-range attacks?
Because the orcs were afraid of fire, I gave up the Holy Light Arrow and used a skill I had never used before, "Triple Fire Arrow Shot". A ball of blazing red light emerged from the tips of the three arrows. As soon as I loosened my hand, the three fire arrows shot into the air!
This time, Wufawutian was really at his wits' end and could only throw his flying axe, but he didn't attack me - he knew that chopping at me would probably have no effect, so he threw his axe to chop at the arrows I shot.
The axe wheel was like a shield, with a large area, and it did block three rockets, but it took some time for the axe to fly back to his hand, and my second round of attack had already been launched, and the arrows were as fast as lightning, hitting his face. Hehe, when I was leveling up with bow and arrow skills in the dark cave, it was not just as simple as killing monsters, but I deliberately pursued archery and made sure to shoot wherever I pointed, and hit the target from a hundred steps away. Otherwise, how could I have used such amazing archery skills when I defeated the Phantom of the Past?
The position of each of these three arrows was slightly lower than the previous one. Wutan leaned back in time and only dodged the head-on arrow. The remaining two arrows, one hit his chest and one hit his lower abdomen. The fire damage from the fire arrows was extremely terrifying for the orcs!
At this point, the match was really a foregone conclusion, but Wulutian still wanted to fight one last time. He gave up long-range attacks and rushed forward, wanting to have a fierce battle with me!
I respected his fighting spirit, so I also took out Tiger Soul, and we clashed with swords and axes. Both of us knew in our hearts that this was the final round!
Sure enough, Wutan simply didn't take any medicine, and I chopped off his head with three consecutive strikes!
The system wide area broadcast sounded: This competition has ended. Player Bloody Sky has defeated all the other players and won the title of the first world's best player! Now, please invite the President of the E-sports Association of the State Sports General Administration, XXX, to present the award to Bloody Sky!
Wow, so grand? With the development of games, "e-sports" has become a formal competitive sport recognized by the world. Although it has not yet been included in the Olympics, its actual wide influence has become a sports industry second only to football! It is conceivable how honorable the identity of the president of the National E-Sports Association is. Now he actually came out to present an award for an official event in an online game. The influence of New Era Group can be seen.
Chairman XXX first congratulated me, and then presented prizes. The etiquette lady held a spear, a bracelet and a set of armor in her hand. Of course, I could only choose one of them.
I don't know what those two items are, but I recognized the spear at a glance. Oh my God, it is one of the three artifacts that appeared in the internal test, known as the ultimate weapon of the knight profession: the Spear of Domeginus, also known as the "Spear of God Killer"!
The weapon is a divine item, and the other two are definitely not ordinary items. I think I can guess why the company suddenly changed the rewards, because my tiger soul and the crystal taken out from the imperial tomb are both divine items. Although they are not complete or have not been identified, so they are not included in the item rankings, they can be considered as players who have obtained divine items.
The players themselves already have artifacts. It would be unacceptable if all they gave out at the first official event held by the New Era Group were just Holy Spirit equipment, so they had to temporarily raise the level of prizes.
Three artifacts (and probably the other two as well) were placed in front of me, each worth at least 500,000 gold coins. God, can you tell me which one is the best? Damn it, why don't you give me all of them at once?
After considering for a long time, the chairman looked unhappy, so I made the decision.
The Spear of God Slayer is an equipment that has appeared in the internal test. Many players should be able to recognize it. Those who are impatient would probably have been ecstatic and snatched it away. Such a conspicuous thing should not be the best. More importantly, I already have Tiger Soul, which may not be worse than the Spear of God Slayer (in fact, from what I know, the attributes of the Spear of God Slayer are much stronger than Tiger Soul, but Tiger Soul is not perfect yet. If I can restore Tiger Soul in the future, according to the NPC, "who can match it, only Tianjing", the power of Tiger Soul is probably above that of the Spear of God Slayer).
I don't know what the armor and bracelet are, but I already own two pieces of the Tiger King suit, and I have decided to buy the whole set even if I have to spend money to buy them. The dark gold suit plus its additional attributes may not be inferior to the Holy Spirit equipment, so there is no need for me to choose the armor and waste the Tiger King suit.
I chose the most inconspicuous looking bracelet.
"Congratulations, you are a smart guy," Chairman XXX said to me as he handed me the bracelet, "Maybe you made the best choice."
As soon as the bracelet entered my hand, a miraculous change occurred. A ray of light shone from the originally black bracelet, so dazzling that no one could see what happened for a moment. When the light converged, the bracelet also disappeared from my palm. No, it was automatically put on my wrist, and its appearance also changed. The whole bracelet was made of jade, crystal clear, relatively thick, two fingers wide, and inlaid with countless large and small gems of various colors. Under the sun, it refracted colorful light, and it looked like a jewel, but it looked a bit vulgar, but it also had a sense of wealth and opulence.
System prompt: The artifact "Cornucopia" recognizes Bloody Sky as the main one! It cannot be dropped or traded!
