Chapter 636
Chapter 636 - 616: Monster
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The silver knight knelt on the ground with a missing arm, his head bowed low.
Twisted tendrils wrapped around the broken arm, and silver light was woven into a new metallic shell. The revival wasn’t fast, but it was happening continuously.
Lu Ping’an took a deep breath and finished adjusting himself, facing the approaching golden armored knight.
He raised his left hand to hold up the large shield, tendrils entwined around the lance, and he assumed a defensive stance.
If he couldn’t avoid it, then the only choice was to fight.
Since the start of the battle, their weapons had clashed for the first time.
As the battle axe and lance clashed, a hot spark flashed and passed, and both sides produced a massive sound like a mini sonic boom.
Lu Ping’an stepped back half a step, while Hannah didn’t retreat... but for the first time since the start of the battle, she revealed surprise.
Perhaps, in her estimation, Lu Ping’an’s strength exceeded the limits she had expected.
"Heh, boy, you still have some strength left. Let’s go again."
The next moment, the knight with the shark mouth raised the saw axe in his right hand, emanating a red light, and directly aimed a vertical slash at his opponent.
This time, the strange black lance blocked it once again.
Although many of the tendrils holding the lance broke, the weapon never left his grasp.
This scene surprised Hannah a bit and allowed Lu Ping’an to breathe a sigh of relief.
From the beginning, Lu Ping’an knew that in a purely close combat, even if his martial arts improved several levels, he wouldn’t likely be able to block this monster.
High-level battle-professions, like the fishman Sword Saint, had no fancy tricks. They had extremely high basic attributes, paired with outstanding martial arts skills, and fought with unique characteristics (decrees, rules) in a straightforward manner. This simplistic and unpretentious strength was actually the most difficult to deal with, especially when you were obviously weaker than your opponent.
"...Perhaps, having a ’Broken Hand’ is my luck. The wooden structure of the magical vine stopped her silver talisman from invading."
Sharing the same lineage, Lu Ping’an knew that the strongest part of the Waves Battle Axe school’s silver talisman ability was to destroy the opponent’s weapons and armor. Once the silver talisman invaded the opponent’s armor and formed a sufficient number of "Water Tiger Patterns, Crack Shark Patterns, Lantern Fish Patterns" combinations, the person wearing the armor would suffer a second wave of attacks from their own armor.
First, break the armor, then use the opponent’s armor to harm the opponent... This sinister and powerful close combat ability made every weapon collision extremely dangerous.
But now, when the tendrils holding the Storm Lance were made of wood, the silver talisman could only lurk within the lance.
And this lance was a powerful silver-tier taboo weapon; not to mention being destroyed, the silver talismans would quickly dissipate on their own.
"... Even if she completes the Water Tiger Pattern within the Storm Lance, it should only damage the magical vine tendrils that are close to it..."
Lu Ping’an’s multi-layer organic armor vaguely countered the Wave-Cutting Axe school, and by leveraging the advantages of All Things Breathing martial art, his "silver talisman" could successfully invade the opponent...
"... Huh, it’s already disconnected; it’s really useless, huh?"
The little strength that Lu Ping’an poured into Hannah was immediately repelled.
And at this moment, the reality of being physically blocked in strength and profession characteristics made Hannah laugh.
Perhaps this was not a boring and tedious instructive battle after all...
The two sides’ weapons clashed again.
Sparks and sonic booms erupted in quick succession; when various special abilities became ineffective, all that remained was pure dueling.
Hannah showed a smile, and her silver shark teeth oozed blood-red light.
The serrated edge of the axe soaked in the same blood-red light, swinging faster and more fiercely.
Lu Ping’an could only rely on the power of All Things Breathing and forcibly connect himself with the magical vine to enhance his reflex speed, barely keeping up with the lightning-fast slashes.
But the slashes became faster and fiercer, and Lu Ping’an struggled and retreated non-stop.
Naturally, not all slashes could be blocked.
When the saw axe scraped across Zhi Xi’s armor, the once indestructible armor showed cracks for the first time, and in the next moment, it shattered completely.
Even the multilayer defense Lu Ping’an and Zhi Xi applied to the metal armor couldn’t withstand this fierce warrior’s core silver talisman.
Shards flew, and Lu Ping’an had expected to hear Zhi Xi’s complaints; what he sensed instead was her anger and silence.
The female knight inevitably revealed her surprise, not expecting that the armor would just have a small hole...
"I never thought that it wouldn’t be completely destroyed..."
The Grandmaster of the Wave Cutting Axe was a true armor destroyer, and in one hit, he could penetrate all the armor of someone a tier below him.
Now, the strength of Lu Ping’an and Zhi Xi’s defense was far beyond their tier.
At this moment, Hannah laughed again.
When Lu Ping’an had just barely grown accustomed to this speed and thought it was the close combat ability of high-level Decree battle-profession, Hannah gave him a huge "surprise".
Her left hand holding the shield shook, and the shield automatically transformed into a half-circular shield-axe.
The female Knight opened her mouth, blood seeping out from it. The shield-axe and battle axe also seeped blood. Her originally clear pupils were now filled with red and blood-silk.
Lu Ping’an didn’t recognize this ability, but this "taste"... this madness that was about to ensue, he was familiar with.
"Damn, Berserker series!"
Yes, Dual-wielding Mad Shark Knight, all along, she had been "playing" with Lu Ping’an.
Her left-hand shield-axe crashed down, and Lu Ping’an blocked it with his lance.
Her right-hand chopping axe... Lu Ping’an retreated in a hurry.
His back had already hit the wall, and what he faced was the pleasure of the shark teeth that had already fallen into madness.
"Clang clang clang!"
Forge? No, hitting people.
Even though he desperately blocked, he still didn’t block them all. On his "armor", numerous cracks and broken points appeared.
This time, Zhi Xi couldn’t help but let out a pained groan that reached Lu Ping’an’s ears.
But this was still just the beginning.
The second round of slashing came, and the speed was visibly at least three times faster. The intensity of the blood light on it had also almost doubled.
Berserker series, the more they fight, the more ruthless. That’s the standard!
The intense explosion and sparks continued, but this time, Lu Ping’an didn’t attempt to block.
He braced himself against the attack and held up his lance.
"Storm Barrier."
Lu Ping’an called out the incantation, and the Storm Lance brought the power of the storm. A wild wind formed an invisible fortress, separating the two fighting sides.
Maintaining his distance, Lu Ping’an took out another killer move.
"I thirst for life... Wither."
The cursed Storm Lance erupted, and the incantation activated the nearly-unused Wither ability.
With it at the core, the lance inserted into the ground, madly absorbed the surrounding moisture.
Water in the air? Water in the ground? The instantly coal-black, withered, and even sandy ground revealed the strength of this Silver-tier weapon’s main ability.
This time, Hannah, who was attempting to break through the lance wind barrier, was left a little dazed.
She was the closest one.
"...Shit, I’m from the Aquatic Clan."
So, very naturally, she was hit by a Silver-tier Withering Skill. The blackness in front of her and the deathly black mist wrapped around her.
When the black mist of death dispersed, and the explosive dark power converged, turning the surroundings into ashes, Lu Ping’an didn’t relax at all.
Not only is Withering Skill effective against Magic Plants, but also extremely effective against the Aquatic Clan. However...
"...Is it effective? Can it severely injure her by chance... heh, probably not likely..."
With the Career Ability of the Soldier, he retrieved his lance and remained vigilant against his opponent.
But when the dark ash dispersed and the golden armored female knight stood there ordinarily, he was still somewhat speechless.
"Did it not even touch her skin?"
"It did! My skin is so dry it’s killing me, it’s unbearable!"
While speaking, the Shark Knight pointed to her lower lip for Lu Ping’an to see the dead, dehydrated skin.
"Tch, you’re really a monster."
"Heh, considering your age, who is the real... monster!"
As they spoke, the battle axe and lance collided again.
In the eyes of the two facing each other, all they saw was excitement and joy.
— End of Chapter 636 —