Chapter 201: The Consequences Would Be Dire If You Offend Me!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Many did not expect the Sword Genius to make a glorious comeback with a 60-win streak after disappearing from the arena for a month. Besides, the players on the sixth floor and those from the other floors who did not follow Lin Huang's news thought he did not manage to win 60 consecutive battles. Many were surprised when they learned that Sword Genius had defeated Feng Wu on his 60th winning streak.
The 50,000 people who were watching him live in the room were the most surprised. Not only did they witnessed Sword Genius' 60-win streak, but they were also witnessing a miracle as Lin Huang chose to continue to battle. Soon, his 61st opponent was sent into the ring. It was a girl who looked 16 or 17. She was bespectacled with a round face, but she was not fat.
She was excited as to be sent into the ring but got a shock when she saw Lin Huang's scoreboard.
"Are you really Sword Genius?"
"What do you think?" Lin Huang smiled. However, he just put on a face so the girl could not read his true emotion.
"Even if the name is similar, the score will not lie. I think you're the real Sword Genius." The girl said after thinking about it.
"I have been following you since a month ago; I saw the notification when you logged in earlier. However, I could not watch you live as the room was already full. The moment I got to know you were on your 60-win streak, I regretted that I was unable to watch you in battle. It's rare for someone to win 60 battles consecutively but I've missed the live match…"
The girl continued talking even after the countdown ended. Lin Huang stood at the same spot without interrupting her. The crowd was speechless. The girl was a blur as she just realized that the countdown had ended after she was done talking. However, she did not attempt to attack but said to Lin Huang, "Erm… Can I have your autograph?"
"I can do that, but you can't bring it out from the game even if I did gave it to you." Lin Huang did not reject her. However, he was unsure how he was supposed to give her his autograph.
"Let me add you as a friend. After we leave the game, you could write something for me or send me some pictures." The girl suggested.
"Maybe you could write something like 'Sword Genius wishes I Eat Tomato will always be happy'."
Lin Huang was stunned at her nickname; he looked at her scoreboard immediately. Her nickname was actually 'I Eat Tomato.'
"If only Tomato is a cute girl like this …" Tomato was an author that Lin Huang admired on earth, he could not accept the fact that author who he liked looked like this in this world…
After he had cleared his mind, Lin Huang accepted the girl's friend request.
"Sure, I will send you a photo after I sign my name on it."
A majority of them in the audience thought he would reject a friend request like before; they did not expect him to say yes.
"Wow, what happened to your principle? Didn't you tell Feng Wu that you will never add any friends?!"
"This is the advantage of being a girl! Even a person like Sword Genius could not resist."
"This is sexist! We demand equality!"
…
Lin Huang could not hear what was happening outside; he had forgotten that he rejected Feng Wu's friend request earlier. A lot of them who were outside the room were shocked when they watch the replay of Lin Huang rejecting Feng Wu's friend request. After Lin Huang and the girl added each other as friends, she surrendered. Before she disappeared, she waved at Lin Huang and shouted, "Remember to send me your autograph!"
The 61st battle ended like a movie. For the next 62nd to 69th battles, Lin Huang managed to finish them within two minutes as five of them surrendered while three of them were killed with just one hit. The crowd was not interested in the battles as they were all waiting for the exciting match of Lin Huang's 70-win streak.
After he completed his 69th battle, a notification popped up.
"Would you like to continue to battle?"
He selected 'Yes' without hesitation. After he made his decision, two other notifications popped up.
"There is a match in progress in this venue; the venue will change to venue No.1 on the sixth floor…"
"Matching a keeper, please wait …"
After the appearance of the two notifications, Lin Huang was teleported from the ring and to venue No.1 which was bigger than the previous room. The 50,000 audience were puzzled by Lin Huang's disappearance. They soon received the same notification.
"Sword Genius will be fighting the 70th battle keeper at venue No.1 on the sixth floor!"
Many of them clicked on the selected venue and picked venue No.1 immediately.
Venue No.1 on each floor would only be opened for the big match. The venue is huge and could hold up to 300,000 people. In less than 30 seconds, Lin Huang was sent into the venue; it was fully occupied. All of the players who were online in the arena received the same notification. It had been years since the last person won 70 battles consecutively. Therefore, not only did the people on the sixth floor came, many other players at gold-level from the seventh to the ninth floor came to watch as well.
The last person who had their 70-win streak was 16 years ago. Many geniuses had appeared in Divison7 within that 16 years. However, none of them could win 70 battles consecutively The 300,000 people in the venue stared at the ring without blinking. They were eager to know who would be the keeper.
Outside the arena, a beautiful lady with waist length hair with sunglasses and clad in a bikini was suntanning on the beach. Suddenly, she received a notification.
"Congratulations! You are selected as the keeper of the 70-win streak of 'Sword Genius' on the sixth floor."
"Please enter the arena within three minutes, failure to do so will result in you forfeiting your position as a keep ."
"Players who fail to accept the position of a keeper will be penalized. Your account will be suspended, your accumulated points would go back to zero, and you will not be able to enter the Hunter Arena for ten years!"
"Damn it; I must find out who interrupted my holiday!" The young lady shouted.
Chapter 202: Explosive Female Demon
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In the arena, there was a girl in a black bikini. The shape of her body was vague. Within an audience of 300,000, most of the male spectators had their eyes wide open.
Her height barefooted was about 1.8meters. She was in a black bikini which exposed her fair and long legs and her legs were perhaps about 1.3 meters in length.
As they continued looking up, her black bra top covered less than two-thirds of her bosoms. Most of the men who had their eyes on her found her attractive.
Even Lin Huang was surprised when he saw the way she dressed. However, he recognized her as he had watched more than hundred of her battle videos.
"She's Explosive Female Demon! She's the one who ranked fifth on the leaderboard, the Explosive Female Demon!"
"Sword Genius you're in trouble. It is better to encounter the one who ranked third or even fourth compared to her!"
"Yeah. Sword Genius' attack speed has no advantage over his opponent at all. He's unlucky to encounter a gunmaster. It'll be difficult for him to win the battle."
…
In the arena, many of the people on the sixth floor could recognize the woman straight away. They were familiar with with the top 10 on the leaderboard. Some of the audience from the seventh to the ninth floor only recognized the woman after listening to those comments.
In the arena, Explosive Female Demon looked like she did not pay much attention to the audience. She took off her sunglasses and took out a piece of white string to tie up her hair. She tilted her head slightly while staring at Lin Huang.
"Hey kiddo, are you Sword Genius who just got a 50-win streak last month? It's not easy to come up to the 70th battle. However, you should just stop here as I won't let you win!" The Explosive Female Demon immediately gave off a murderous vibe.
"You look very angry. May I know why? If I'm not mistaken, this is the first time that we're meeting." Although Lin Huang could recognize her, he could not remember when he offended her. He knew that the deadly aura that his opponent was giving off was real.
"Just now… You just disturbed my holiday that I've been waiting to enjoy for ages. I'm furious, so I want to get my revenge on you!" The Explosive Female Demon told him the reason she was angry.
"Alright… I'm sorry for disturbing your holiday." Lin Huang apologized and remained calm. It wasn't his fault. She was chosen by the system to be the keeper.
"You're so young, but yet you are such a gentleman." The Explosive Female Demon laughed as Lin Huang apologized to her. "However, I'll not accept your apology. If I accept it, I can't kill you."
Lin Huang shrugged his shoulders and kept quiet. Many of them who were watching the battle between the both of them knew that the Sword Genius was unlucky as soon as they heard what the woman said.
Right after she had finished her sentence, two of the silver rings on Explosive Female Demon's fingers abruptly transformed into two modified SilverPhoenix16s. He had to admit that she looked rather heroic, clad in her bikini while wielding two guns.
Lin Huang then quickly transformed the silver ring on his finger into a battle sword, getting ready for the battle.He did not choose a gun as a weapon as she was an actual gunmaster. She was at least a mid-level gunmaster. He would definitely lose if he chose to use a gun. Soon, the countdown in the arena ended.
She lifted her guns without a moment of hesitation just as the countdown ended. Pointing both of her guns towards Lin Huang, she pulled the trigger.
The silver bullets were fired endlessly at Lin Huang. The audience shifted their gaze to Lin Huang.However, in the arena, Lin Huang's eyes never left her hands. He then activated Cloud Steps and avoided the bullets without even breaking a sweat. Lin Huang's steps resembled the flowing motions of clouds and water had caught many people's attention. His movement was so smooth it was as if he was dancing. On top of that, Cloud Steps was extremely efficient in dodging enemy attacks. It was unbelievable that he had avoided the hail of bullets in the arena.
"Sword Genius has a weak attack speed? He avoided all the bullets!"
"What movement skill is Sword Genius using? It's so effective in avoiding bullets."
…
Many of them started to discuss what they just saw, and they were envious of his skills when it comes to movement skills.
"What do you think?" The young man in gold robe had noticed Lin Huang from the beginning. He asked the man in black robe beside him.
"His speed is normal. There's nothing special about his movement skill as well. The reason why he could dodge multiple attacks is because he's is good in predicting his opponent's next move." The man in black robe knew what was happening.
"The modified SilverPhoenix16 is firing bullets at about Mach 4, and he was able to avoid them easily. Is he a genius?" The gold-robed man asked and laughed.
"The main focus is to observe the hand movement of the gunmaster during the fight. Then, he would be able to make a judgment based on the gunmaster's movement and avoid the attacks. By just staring at the bullets, even a transcendent wouldn't be able to avoid the attacks. It solely depends on one's ability to predict and to dodge the bullets. It has nothing to do with the speed of the gun." The black robed man explained.
"You sound like you don't think he will win?" The gold-robed man frowned and asked.
"He has a high possibility of losing the battle if this is all he has up his sleeves. Up until now, the opponent has only used part of her basic gun skills. There are still many powerful gun techniques and gunfighting techniques that she has yet to utilize. Moreover, he did not reduce the distance between them. He put himself in a passive position of having to receive attacks all the time."
"If he does not consider fighting back, he is attempting to win by avoiding his opponent's attack, in the hopes that she'll use up her Life Power. Without a doubt, he'll lose." The black robed man gave his judgment.
"I have been watching his matches since his 20th match and never missed a single one of them. He's never failed to surprise me. I believe that he'll be the winner." Apparently, the gold-robed man had confidence in Lin Huang.
"Let's not argue. Instead, let's make a bet."
"What do you want to bet on?" The black robed man looked at him.
"Don't bet too much on it; to avoid conflicts. We should just bet with 3-star relics!" The gold-robed man said with a smile.
"Not a problem." The man in black robe nodded his head without hesitation.
"Deal. I bet that Sword Genius will win the match!" The gold-robed man then took out a golden dagger.
The black robed man quickly took out a short black blade and said, "I bet he is going to lose!"
Chapter 203: Sword Genius vs Explosive Female Demon
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
In the arena, two of the guns that Explosive Female Demon was holding had never stopped firing bullets at Lin Huang.
Not only were the bullets of the modified SilverPhoenix16 fired with a speed of Mach 4, its shooting speed was incredibly fast as well. In her hands, about 50 shots were fired from both guns per second. Its speed was on par with the that of an automatic rifle.
Despite having to dodge 50 bullets per second, Lin Huang managed to do it with ease. His Boundless Vision was activated all the time; he was staring at his opponent's hand. Lin Huang did not shift his gaze from her hands as he makes notes of even the slightest change in their movement. He could then predict the trajectory path of the bullets and dodge the attacks in advance.
Many of them had their mouth wide opened when they saw what was going on.
"The shooting speed is incredibly fast. If I am him, I'd be shot through like a sieve."
"Most people would've relied on their defensive weapons against such a powerful attack. It's the first time I'm seeing a player like Sword Genius who dodges the attacks by only using his movement skill."
"It's unlikely that he's going to win! The bullets fired by the modified SilverPhoenix16 are traveling at Mach 4. Even if Sword Genius is struck by the bullet only once, he'll be severely injured. His performance will be affected, and he'll be defeated."
"Sword Genius is not trying to reduce the distance between them at all. Under such a powerful attack, he'll be exhausted just from avoiding the attacks. If this continues, it's less likely that he'll win the battle. The best he can do is to end the battle with a draw."
…
They doubted his abilities, by just looking at her powerful attacks. Sword Genius was completely pinned down by his opponent. Those who had been watching Sword Genius' battles all along hoped that a miracle would happen and he could achieve his 70-win streak. However, as they watched his performance in the arena, many of them instantly lost their confidence in Sword Genius.
The Explosive Female Demon was too powerful. Despite the fact that she ranked fifth on the leaderboard, the battle between her and Ebonella who ranked second ended in a draw. Her abilities were evident.
Most of them on the sixth floor knew that even though Exploding Female Demon ranked fifth on the leaderboard but she was stronger than the player who ranked fourth. It was not exaggerating to say that her abilities were on par with the player who ranked third.
She was indeed too powerful to be the keeper of the 70th battle.
In the arena, Lin Huang was cornered by her attacks. He had been standing in his original position to dodge the attacks, not once trying to shorten the distance between them. It was not because Lin Huang was incapable of doing so, but it was because he was trying to adapt to his opponent's combat style. In other words, he was just warming up.
Lin Huang had never encountered such a powerful enemy in the previous battles.
Aside from the abilities she possessed, her attack speed was incredible as well. Her attack speed was the most powerful one among all the opponents he had encountered.
The opponent's attack speed was a furious storm.
Since it was his first time encountering such an enemy, Lin Huang had to spend some time in getting used to his opponent's combat style so that he could reset his bodily responses towards her attacks. It was like a warm-up session that one has to carry out before an intense workout to prevent injuries.
Lin Huang had been drifting between her attacks so that he could quickly adapt to her combat frequency. His body was stiff at first but soon, it improved. After about five minutes, his body had completely adapted to the frequency and all the uneasiness had rapidly subsided.
He grinned and dodged another bullet again. All of a sudden, he moved one step forward and lunged at her.
The audience broke into loud cheers as Lin Huang was no longer playing on the defensive, but was lunging towards her instead.
Lin Huang had been defending himself against her attack all this while. Many of them thought that Lin Huang was giving up on the battle and he wanted to end the fight in a draw.
However, after about five minutes, Lin Huang finally attacked.
She was surprised. She thought that Lin Huang wanted to end the fight in a draw as he had defended himself against her attacks. She did not expect him to strike and attack.
"Do you think that it's easy to reduce the distance between us?" She was grinning. Under her control, there seemed to be some changes in the properties of the bullets.
As soon as Lin Huang moved a step forward, she quickly turned her gun, pointing them towards Lin Huang again.
Lin Huang could vaguely sense that something was wrong immediately when the bullet was shot. He dodged the bullets. However, after the bullets passed by, there was an explosive sound, causing a powerful blast of wind. His movements were affected.
The audience had their eyes wide opened the moment when they saw the explosion that in the arena.
Her bullets had exploded and it was not just one bullet that exploded. In fact, more than hundred of the ones she fired had instantly exploded.
The flame had enveloped half of the arena in front of her
Though none of the bullets struck Lin Huang's body, she found no trace of him as his body was completely covered by the flames and smoke.
"This might not have happened if you were honest with me." As soon as she finished speaking, the two modified SilverPhoenix16 that she was holding was transformed into two automatic rifles.
Two of the rifles pointed towards the area that was filled with smoke, a muzzle flash was seen. Countless silver bullets were fired and they were flying everywhere forwards. After switching to a rifle, the speed was faster than that of the SilverPhoenix16.
The audience was stunned.
They had never expected her combat style to have such a tough appeal. She was like a man!
"Firing at such speed, perhaps Sword Genius is dead?"
"His front view is blocked by a pall of smoke. If Sword Genius can't see her hand movement, he will not be able to avoid those bullets as well."
"She's indeed is a female demon. The name suits her."
…
Many of the men who were drooling over her were shocked when they saw this.
"Is she a man that had undergone gender reassignment surgery?" Those men were suspicious about her real gender.
After firing for about three minutes with her automatic rifle, she finally stopped. However, she had a weird expression on her face. She was not happy. Instead, she was doubtful.
"Didn't he die? Why haven't I received the notification from the system…"
"I didn't expect this from you. I've nearly died…" A voice that came from the area filled with smoke replied as she mumbled.
Chapter 204: 70-Win Streak
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Right after the voice was heard, a shadow slowly appeared out of the smoky area.
He was a teenage boy wearing a T-shirt and a silver face mask. He looked perfectly fine, without even a hint of awkwardness.
Again, she switched two of her weapons to guns, aiming them at Lin Huang. Without a moment of hesitation, she raised her gun and shot.
However, it was strange that Lin Huang did not avoid the bullets at all. He walked slowly towards Explosive Female Demon.
The audience was startled, seeing the scene in the arena. Sword Genius was walking slowly towards Explosive Female Demon. She kept shooting him, but not a single shot hit. Sword Genius did not dodge the bullets at all.
"How could it be?!" Lin Huang's body passed through the bullets. However, no trace of bullets was found on his clothes. She was shocked and felt puzzled.
"Why did she keep shooting towards the other side? Did she do it on purpose?"
"A keeper can't deliberately lose a game. If she does, it would mean that she has admitted defeat and she'll be severely punished. Her account in the arena will be banned for at least three years!"
"She seems to be acting weird…"
…
"It seems like you're going to lose." The gold-robed man laughed, looking at the black-robed man.
"Illusion… This indeed is out of my expectation." Although the black-robed man was saying in this way, he sounded calm. Then, he passed the black short blade to the young man.
"Haha…" The gold-robed man took the short blade and immediately stored it in his storage space as if he was afraid that the black-robed man would go back to what he had said.
"Do you want to place another bet?" The black robed man asked as he saw that he had kept the relic.
"What do you want to bet on?" The gold-robed man asked and smiled.
"The battle between Sword Genius and Yu Moli. I bet Yu Moli will win." The black robed man suggested.
"Alright, deal. Even if I lose, I will just give the short blade back to you." The gold-robed man decided to stand by Lin Huang's side.
"No. This round, if you lose, you'll have to give me two, 3-star relics." The black robed man doubled the bet.
The gold-robed man hesitated when he heard the terms of the bet.
"Aren't you're confident in the little brat?" The black robed man sounded insulting.
"Fine, two relics then!" Still, the gold-robed man had decided to trust Lin Huang.
…
In the arena, his opponent soon noticed something was wrong. "Illusion?"
"Yes, you're right." Lin Huang smiled, nodding his head.
"When did you activate it?" She remained calm.
"I activated it within the first few minutes of the battle." Lin Huang was being honest with her.
"Even if you've used an illusion and my senses have been affected. I don't rely on my senses to attack, I randomly fired the bullets. Also, you can't even see my hands and you can't judge the trajectory based on my movement. How did you dodge the attacks?" She could not understand.
"That's simply because I've used certain defensive skills." Lin Huang was forced to use his Blood Spirit wings earlier when the air was filled with smoke so he could defend against her attacks. Otherwise, he would have been shot through and look like a sieve.
"I knew it!" Right after she had finished her sentence, she then picked up her gun. Following a peculiar trajectory path, silver bullets were fired out of her SilverPhoenix16.
The silver bullets then formed a big net, flying towards Luo Yuan's direction.
Many of them could recognize that it was her unique gunfighting technique – Sky Net .
Since her sensory organs were severely distracted by Lin Huang's illusion, she could not estimate her enemy's position. Therefore, Sky Net was undoubtedly the best gun fighting technique to use.
She had been chatting with Lin Huang. It was not because she gave up defending herself against him but because she needed some time to figure out ways to counterattack. Then, she thought of this skill and resisted desperately.
However, the audience was puzzled.
During the conversation, the Sword Genius was walking around a semi-circle path and he was now behind her.
However, her Sky Net was attacking the region in front of her and Sword Genius was not even within the sky net attack range.
"His illusion skill is amazing…"
"I have to admit that although she is shooting at air, still, she still seems heroic!"
"What? She's too manly!"
"Don't get cheated by her appearance. Though she looks like a woman, she can't hide the fact that she's a man! If you don't trust me, marry her and you'll know."
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"I'm sorry. I can't stop winning." Lin Huang was standing behind her, placing his long sword around her neck. "Admit defeat."
Lin Huang removed his illusion, only then did she find out that there was a sword pointed at her neck.
"Hmph, I'll admit defeat!" She scoffed. Eventually, she admitted defeat.
"Congratulations! Player Sword Genius has won the battle!"
As soon as the pop-up notification appeared, Lin Huang kept his sword.
As her body began to disintegrate, she stared at Lin Huang and said, "I'll remember you, Sword Genius. I'll get my revenge on you!"
"Feel free to challenge me anytime." Lin Huang nodded his head and smiled.
Soon, the system announcement lingered in the arena again.
"Congratulations player Sword Genius defeated keeper Explosive Female Demon on the sixth floor of the arena, winning 70 consecutive battles!"
"Congratulations player Sword Genius defeated keeper Explosive Female Demon on the sixth floor of the arena, winning 70 consecutive battles!"
"Congratulations player Sword Genius defeated keeper Explosive Female Demon on the sixth floor of the arena, winning 70 consecutive battles!"
When the system notification rang, it amazed all of the online players.
Nobody had achieved 70-win streak in the past 16 years. This time, the announcement of the 60 winning streaks and 70-win streak were made in less than 15 minutes and it was completed by the same player. Many of them noticed that he was the newborn genius of the Hunter Association.
The announcement of the 70-win streak was sent to not only the online players and even the offline players had received the notification. It was sent to 12 of the executive officers of the Hunter Association as well.
This had instantly alerted the Hunter Association at Division7.
The Hunter Arena was originally a virtual arena designed by the Hunter Association to look for geniuses. Knowing that there was a person that had achieved 70-win streak, the executive officers could no longer sit still as nobody could accomplish this in the past 16 years.
With their authorities, soon, the executive officers knew the actual identity of Sword Genius. Their facial expression suddenly changed.
"He is Lin Huang! Ah…" Xu Tianyu sighed and shook his head as he thought of the fact that Lin Huang had missed intensive training.
"I knew that Mr. Fu will not be wrong. But…" Old Li sighed as well.
Few of the executive officers had previously thought that Mr. Fu was wrong. However, the moment they received the notice, they knew that they were the ones that were wrong.
On the other hand, other players of the Hunter Arena were going through the network searching for the information of Sword Genius. However, they seemed to have found nothing…
Chapter 205: 79-Win Streak
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Nickname: Sword Genius"
"Combat Strength: Silver-Level Rank-3"
"Battle Count: 70"
"Accumulated Points: 5058"
"Winning Percentage: 100%"
"Honor: 70 consecutive wins!"
Lin Huang looked at his score. The points accumulated had exceeded 5000. As long as he could win another 10 battles, the accumulated points would exceed 10,000. Then, he would be ranked in the top 10 on the leaderboard after collecting an additional 1000 points.
In order to accomplish the mission given by Mr. Fu, achieving an 80-win streak was the bare minimum. If he could not do this, it would probably be difficult for him to complete the rest of the missions in the following 20 days.
It would be best if he managed to make it to a 90-win streak. Then, he would have about 20,000 accumulated points, completing the task in one-shot. He could then save some time.
Lin Huang took less than half an hour to win 20 consecutive battles to get from a 50-win streak to a 70-win streak. Though he has already broken a record that no one could break for the past 16 years, he still remained in the arena.
"Would you like to continue the battle?"
When this option popped up in front of him, Lin Huang chose "Yes!" without hesitation.
Many of them did not expect this. Even after achieving a 70-win streak, Sword Genius did not choose to rest but instead, continued accepting challenges.
The reason why Lin Huang chose to continue was simple. The past 20 battles did not consume much of his energy. Also, he had watched more than thousands of battle videos of those who were ranked top-10 on the leaderboard. He had conducted a complete analysis of each of their strengths and weaknesses. He was not going to waste his time for additional preparation.
Since the keeper of the 70th battle was Explosive Female Demon who ranked fifth on the leaderboard, the keeper in the following battles would probably be those who are ranked even higher than her. Therefore, they would probably choose players that are among the top four players.
The one who ranked fourth was Handsome Imperial Censor. He was an Imperial Censor and could summon a Gold-Level Rank-3 mutated monster. The points that he had accumulated were basically earned by the monster he summoned. Although he was not strong, he still managed to enter the top 100 on the leaderboard with his own abilities.
The player who ranked third was The Final Fortress. He had terribly strong defensive power. He was the same as Yu Moli; having never lost a single battle on the sixth floor of the arena. Also, he was often chosen as the keeper by the system.
Of course, the one who ranked first would be Yu Moli. The second-ranked player was Ebonella and the fifth-ranked player was Explosive Female Demon who had almost achieved her 70-win streak. However, The Final Fortress had somehow, always been chosen as the keeper of the 70th battle to end their winning streaks.
Be it the Explosive Female Demon with amazing attack speed, Ebonella with her various combat techniques, or Yu Moli who was the invincible player on the sixth floor, they were unable to break through and achieve their 70-win streak because of The Final Fortress' defense which usually caused the battle to end in a draw.
Lin Huang actually did not want to bump into this opponent as well because he was not confident that he could break through the opponent's defense. Compared to him, he would rather encounter Ebonella or even Yu Moli as the keeper of the 80th battle.
He shook his head, snapping himself out of his deep thought and his 71st opponent was sent to the arena.
His opponent was a young gunmaster.
The moment he saw Lin Huang in the arena, he immediately activated his SilverPhoenix16.
Many of the audience found it uninteresting when they saw this.
Sword Genius had completed his 70-win streak. Although the opponent had accumulated 5000 points and it was not considered low, he was still too weak compared to the previous two keepers. The audience did not have any hope in his opponent.
"Sword Genius, I didn't know that I'd randomly bump into you. The gods are being too kind!" The young man was excited.
Lin Huang glanced at his ID and it read, "Please give me your signature."
"I can give you my signature. After I go offline, I'll send you some photos when I'm free." Lin Huang explained.
"Who wants your signature?!" The man immediately said, "I created the ID for my goddess!"
"Oh…" Lin Huang replied insincerely. He waited patiently as the countdown timer had not ended.
"Do you know who my goddess is? She's Explosive Female Demon! The one you bullied earlier!" The signature guy asked and answered his own question.
"Oh…" Lin Huang sighed as the countdown timer had not ended yet.
"I want to take my revenge on you!" The signature guy finally told him the reason why he was happy.
"Oh…" Lin Huang answered politely as usual and still, his eyes were staring at the timer above him.
"You bullied my goddess. I must defeat you. I want to take it out on you…"
"Have you finished talking?" Lin Huang suddenly asked.
"No, I…"
Lin Huang suddenly extended her hand, pointing at the timer that had reached zero. He then lunged towards him and said, "Sorry, I'm in a hurry."
The next moment, Lin Huang moved one step forward, passing by his body.
Before the man even managed to fire a single shot, a sword cut through his waist.
"Congratulations! Player Sword Genius has won the battle!"
"You've killed the opponent in one hit, you have obtained 2 points!"
The audience started discussing the man who just appeared.
"Tsk tsk, the guy has unusual taste. How could he like her."
"Perhaps he was an innocent teenager who was cheated by her appearance…"
"Probably he likes her act of violence?"
…
The man who appeared just now meant nothing to Lin Huang.
After the 71st battle had ended, the challengers were sent to the arena one after another.
The moment they found out that their opponent was Sword Genius, eight of the fighters who were sent to the arena decided to give up the battle.
To them, they knew that they would have no possibility of winning when they encountered Sword Genius who had completed his 70-win streak. Giving up the battle would be better compared to getting killed by just one hit in front of more than hundreds of thousands of people.
With that, Lin Huang successfully completed his 79-win streaks and welcomed his 80th battle…
Who would be the keeper this round?
300,000 audiences stared at the arena, patiently waiting for the keeper to appear.
Even Lin Huang started to feel nervous as this battle would decide whether he could get 10,000 points or otherwise. If he wins this battle, he could be more relaxed in the following days. However, if he lost the battle, he would have to achieve another 70-win streak to collect more than 10,000 points. He would then require more time to complete the mission.
After about one minute, a shadow appeared on the other side of the arena…
Chapter 206: Arrival of the Ultimate Keeper
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Sometimes, sh*t happens.
The moment he saw a skinny shadow appear in the arena, Lin Huang could immediately confirm his identity – it was the third-ranked person on the leaderboard, The Final Fortress.
The Final Fortress was shorter than 1.4 meters, and he was very skinny. He might even weigh less than 60 catties and looked like a 10-year-old boy. However, he was actually already 17 years old and looked like this because he had stunted growth.
It was because of his body size that allowed Lin Huang and the rest to recognize him before the light was even shone on the keeper.
Although he looked like a harmless kid, The Final Fortress was the one opponent most players on the sixth floor did not wish to encounter.
He was recognized as the 'Final Keeper' on the sixth floor. Even Yu Moli who ranked first on the leaderboard had never defeated him in the arena after several battles.
Lin Huang did not want to bump into him as he had no confidence that he could break through the opponent's defense.
When the audience saw the appearance of The Final Fortress, they observed a moment of silence for Lin Huang.
"It seems like Sword Genius' winning streak will end here."
"The system did really send the final keeper here…"
"Yu Moli had said this before. None of the Silver Hunters could break through his defense. Only a gold-level, attack type relic could do it."
"Although I feel like seeing Sword Genius create another miracle, it seems like it'll remain a wish…"
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Most of the players on the sixth floor knew The Final Fortress from watching his previous battles. The moment he appeared in front of Lin Huang, they lost all hope for Lin Huang in this battle.
Regardless of how strong Sword Genius was, his combat strength was only Silver-Level Rank-3. The strength of his Life Power could not activate a gold relic. Even if he used a gold-level battle sword to attack, it was still impossible to break through his opponent's defense. Countless hunters had tried but failed.
Lin Huang clearly understood that. He had been watching his battle videos repeatedly. He was afraid that he might encounter an opponent with such a powerful defense. The results of his analysis showed that when one's defensive skills were enhanced to a certain level, that person would be unbeatable. Unleashing a stronger power was the only way to break his defense. Other than that, nothing could help him.
Lin Huang did an analysis of the weaknesses of the top 10 players on the leaderboard. He thought of ways to kill them as well. However, he had no idea how he could defeat The Final Fortress.
In fact, it was not his abilities that were unbeatable. If his defensive skills were not taken into consideration, he would only manage to achieve top 30 on the leaderboard. However, he was invincible because of his incredible defensive skills.
While Lin Huang was sizing up The Final Fortress, his opponent did the same thing on Lin Huang too.
"It has been 16 years since the last player achieved a 70-win streak. Congratulations." The Final Fortress smiled at Lin Huang.
"Thank you." Lin Huang nodded his head.
"I've watched your battle videos, you're so strong." Fortress admitted that Lin Huang was strong, "Therefore, I chose to defend the arena in this battle. As long as you can break through my defense in half an hour and leaving a wound on my body, I'll concede. As long as it's allowed, you can use any skills."
Apparently, he knew that Lin Huang had heard of him before. He was lazy to banter on with him. He then explained to him the rules that he had set.
"Alright." Lin Huang agreed with him.
"Then let's begin!" The Final Fortress took a look at the countdown timer, a complicated pattern was formed by both his hands when the countdown was about to end.
Right after the pattern was formed, a layer of a shell-shaped object made of a material that looked like metal and stone was formed in the air in before his body.
The object gradually became thicker, extending towards The Final Fortress and in less than three seconds, he was completely covered by it.
A grey, ball-shaped object instantly appeared in the arena as well. It had a diameter of about two meters and it had a stone and metal texture to it.
The ability was unique to the extent that even Lin Huang could not confirm if the layer he formed was a skill, a blood inheritance or a monster skill.
Looking at the countdown timer above him end, Lin Huang did not attack immediately. He activated Boundless Vision and walked around the ball-shaped object. He carefully observed it.
The audience did not urge Lin Huang to hasten his attack as they waited patiently for his next move.
"It seems like Sword Genious is going to end his winning streak here." The black-robed man laughed as he looked at the gold-robed young.
"He's got bad luck to bump into this little brat that has a blood inheritance. He's even inherited such powerful defensive abilities."
Unexpectedly, the gold-robed man did not give him a reply.
"Do you want to add on to the bet. Another relic perhaps?" The black-robed man grinned.
"If the one he met was Yu Moli, he might not lose." The gold-robed young man changed the topic.
"Those who possess a blood inheritance will inherit abilities developed by a transcendent. Their combat strength is restricted and they are not allowed to fully unleash the power of their blood inheritance. However, this brat possesses a blood inheritance skill that cannot be broken by those who are below the transcendent level. He can only be defeated by those who also have a blood inheritance. Despite the fact that Yu Moli has obtained numerous monster skills, it would still not be enough. Regardless of how strong the skill is, it would still a silver-level mutated monster skill. It is not comparable to a blood inheritance." The black-robed man explained with a smile.
"Regardless of whether Sword Genius can win Yu Moli or not, he'll definitely lose this battle! Unless he has a blood inheritance as well…"
"Stop talking nonsense. Let's watch the battle quietly." The gold-robed man was getting lazy to listen to him and interrupted him. The black-robed man laughed arrogantly, he then kept quiet.
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Lin Huang walked slowly around the ball-shaped object in the arena. He tried to touch the object's body but made no attempts of an attack.
The audience started to feel impatient.
"Sword Genius! Are you a man? Why are you looking and touching the ball instead of doing what you're supposed to do?! Do you even dare to pick up a gun and fire?!" Some of them even shouted at him.
"What do you know? This is foreplay!" Another man responded from afar.
"The foreplay is too long. I'm going limp already!" Another man yelled at him as well.
Everyone burst out laughing as they listened to their conversation.
After carefully observing the ball-shaped object in the arena, he finally stood still…
Chapter 207: I Can't Accept A Draw!
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Lin Huang walked about 10 rounds around the ball-shaped object, observing each and every detail with Boundless Vision repeatedly.
The ball-shaped object looked like a grey colored stone. However, when he touched it, it felt cold like it was metal. There were no cracks on the ball-shaped object and it looked like its entire body was painted in some light silver colored patterns.
Lin Huang did not discover any flaws.
He retreated 10 meters away and remained still. Lin Huang took out a gold ring from his storage space. He then held the ring between his right thumb and index finger, inserting Life Power into the ring. Soon, the gold-level weapon ring transformed into a gold-level gun.
Despite the fact that silver hunters could activate gold-level weapons, most players would use a silver-level weapon by default during the battle on the fourth floor to the sixth floor in the arena.
Normally, a gold-level weapon could be activated by using Gold Life Power. Gold Life Power was a lot denser than silver Life Power. If the user was a silver Hunter, Life Power consumption would be increased in order to activate gold-level weapons and one would not feel comfortable using it. During the battle, such details would actually affect the result of the game when encountering an opponent with combat abilities that are almost similar. Therefore, it was not appropriate for silver hunters to use gold-level weapons during the fight.
Furthermore, the players of this game were not in need of money. Everyone could afford gold-level weapons. If one of the players changed their weapons the other players could change their weapons as well. Therefore, the effect of combining weapons was not significant. They would just use silver-level weapons because winning the battle was based on one's ability.
However, the audience did not raise any objections when Lin Huang took out the gold-level weapon ring.
This was because the defensive skill of The Final Fortress was considered cheating. Most of the hunters that encountered The Final Fortress had used a gold-level weapon to attack him as well.
However, after the weapon ring was activated, everyone was stunned as they saw that he was holding a gun instead of a sword. They had never seen Lin Huang use a gun before.
"Sword Genius is holding a GoldEagle11. Why does it look a bit different?"
"It is a modified gun. If Sword Genius can modify a gun, he's a qualified gunmaster without a doubt."
"Perhaps it can generate a powerful attack. However, Explosive Female Demon has used modified GoldEagle11 to attack The Final Fortress in the past and she wasn't able to break through his defense."
"There is a big difference between modified guns. Some players modify its shooting speed while others will increase its attack power. She must've increased the speed of both of her guns. It's sufficient to maintain the original attack power of the GoldEagle11. However, if Sword Genius increases the attack power of the gun, its attack will be two to three times stronger, possibly even more. Furthermore, the Life Power of different gunmaster varies, resulting in different type of bullets. Therefore, the effect caused by the attack will be different as well…"
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Many of them started discussing as Lin Huang, a master in wielding his sword had suddenly become a gunmaster.
Staring at the big, ball-shaped object, he raised his gun and aimed at one of the points. After accumulating his Life Power, he pulled the trigger.
Beams of muzzle flares appeared and soon, more than 10 bullets were fired, striking at the same position on the ball-shaped object.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
Many of them were surprised as he fired consecutive shots.
"From his movement, I know that Sword Genius is a true gun master. Looking at the way he holds the gun, I can know if he is truly a gun user."
"A gunmaster is indeed an attractive profession to the women. All his movements are so charming!"
Many of the young girls were screaming in excitement the moment Lin Huang fired the bullets.
Lin Huang had taken about 50 to 60 shots. This was the maximum number of shots that he could fire at the same point. If he continued shooting, the bullet's path would be shifted. A normal person would be unable to withstand the recoil from a GoldEagle11.
Beginner gunmasters could normally take about 30 consecutive shots. There were some of them who could fire 40 consecutive shots. Firing 50 to 60 shots was the standard benchmark for an intermediate gun master.
The audience was counting the number of shots fired. After listening to the sound of shooting, most of them could basically confirm Lin Huang's identity as a gunmaster.
In the arena, Lin Huang had a serious expression on his face. Right after he stopped shooting, his Boundless Vision could clearly see that nothing had happened to the location on the ball-shaped object that he shot with the bullets. Only several slight cracks appeared in the area which was less than 10 square centimeters like a small spider web. However, within one minute, it had returned to its original state.
"Such an attack can only destroy its outer surface. The depth of the cracks were less than one millimeter. The thickness of the defensive layer is more than 20 centimeters. Furthermore, it has an extremely powerful self-healing ability…" Lin Huang frowned. He began feeling like it was less likely he can break through his opponent's defense.
Soon, the GoldEagle11 in his hand transformed into a fully automated rifle.
Lin Huang inserted his Life Power into it and placed the rifle on his shoulder. He started shooting towards the same position and about 80 consecutive shots were fired.
The attack launched had destroyed the defense layer to quite some extent. 80 consecutive shots had resulted in a thumb-sized hole on the surface of the defense layer, reaching a depth of about one centimeter. However, the thumb-sized hole disappeared in less than five seconds.
The audience all witnessed this, sending a glance of sympathy to Lin Huang.
"It is not easy to strike a hole on The Final Fortress defensive layer."
"The attack power of the modified GoldEagle11 is at least three times stronger than that of a regular GoldEagle11. Unfortunately, it still can't break through the defensive layer."
"His defensive layer is incredible. It seems like Sword Genius is going to end his winning streak here…"
In the arena, Lin Huang remained stationary as if had fallen into deep thoughts.
Firing 87 shots at the same point using a rifle was the best he could do. If he continued shooting, the bullet's trajectory would deviate from the muzzle making his shots useless. In order to break through his defense, he had to keep attacking the same position. Otherwise, it would be a waste of Life Power.
"With such an attack, the resulting impact is only about one centimeter deep…" Lin Huang frowned, he basically had confirmed that his opponent's defense layer was even stronger than he expected after several attempts. "It's a bit troublesome…"
An 80-win streak was the key. If he could not win this battle, he would be unable to double the 5,000 points he had right now. He would have to achieve another 70-win streak in order to collect 10,000 points. The time and strength required would be doubled as well.
Furthermore, it was likely that the system would send The Final Fortress as the keeper of the 60th battle or even the 70th battle. He would have to start everything again.
This was also the reason why The Final Fortress was the opponent that Lin Huang did not wish to encounter the most.
"No! I can't accept a draw!" Lin Huang clenched his fist in determination.
Chapter 208: Wildfire Sword - Worldly Purification
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
Despite the modified GoldEagle11 having immense power, the consecutive shots fired by the weapon were still incapable of breaking through The Final Fortress defense.
Lin Huang stayed at his original position and remained silent for a moment, transforming his BlackEagle11 back into a weapon ring. He then put it back in his storage space.
The audience was quietly watching the battle. If Lin Huang was not wearing a face mask, the audience would have seen the frustration on his face at this very moment.
Right after he morphed his GoldEagle11 into a weapon ring, Lin Huang took out another gold-level weapon ring.
Upon activating the ring, it transformed into a gold-level sword.
Many of the audience shook their head as they saw this as they felt that the effects of the sword would be inferior to that of the gun he was using previously.
A majority of the sword techniques could slash through objects. However, against such a large, ball-shaped object, having bullets fired at one point would definitely be better than an attempt to cut through it.
Of course, Lin Huang knew this but he insisted on trying it out as his epic-level sword skills could complement the sword in his hand so that he could transfer the power to achieve more powerful slashes. Furthermore, among all the sword skills that he had learned, not all of them were slashing skills. Some of them were piercing skills instead.
Two out of 36 forms in Great Sword Scripture were piercing skills.
One of the forms in Wildfire Sword was a piercing skill as well.
Lin Huang held a sword in both hands as his Life Power flowed through the sword's handle. Soon, the surface of the gold-level sword was shrouded in a silver glow, causing the sword to look like it had grown a centimeter longer.
He bent his body and stomped on the ground hard with his feet. The arena beneath his feet instantly collapsed, creating a crevasse. He then lunged towards the defensive layer. In just a blink of an eye, he was right in front of the defensive layer.
"Sword23!" Lin Huang shouted. The gold-level sword in his hand streaked past the air, creating the illusion of multiple swords attempting to pierce the defensive layer. However, the attack did not cut through the defensive layer. Instead, it pierced through the ball-shaped object.
In an instant, the blade of the sword had penetrated through the defensive layer. However, it was stuck at the depth of about two to three centimeters in. Lin Huang could obviously feel that within the defensive layer, a tremendously terrifying repulsive force was being transferred to the tip of the sword.
Lin Huang stayed at his original position for less than one second and the repulsive force was then transferred to Lin Huang's arm.
Lin Huang had no choice but to retract his sword and retreat. He was only able to balance himself when he reached the edge of the arena which was less than two meters from the defensive layer.
"His defensive layer does not only have a heavy physical structure, it possesses a strong repulsive force as well. The deeper it is, the stronger the repulsive force becomes. That being said, the interior structure of the defensive layer is even stronger. It's no wonder nobody was capable of breaking through his defense…" Lin Huang estimated the basic structure of his defensive layer based on its counterattack.
However, understanding the structure of the defensive layer did not mean that he could get rid of it. He felt even more helpless instead.
"It might be easier if there was only a physical defensive layer. However, there is a repulsive force within the defensive layer itself…" Lin Huang sighed and took a few steps backwards until he was less than 10 meters away.
He stood still, grabbing his sword with one hand and taking a deep breath. Again, he stepped the ground hard and lunged towards the defensive layer.
"Sword23!"
In mid-air, the gold-level sword in Lin Huang's hand seemed like it had torn through the layers of air in its way. It did not only create the illusion of multiple swords but it created a vacuum in its wake as it penetrated the defensive layer without hindrance.
The tip of the sword had pierced through a depth of five to six centimeters.
Witnessing the power of his sword, the audience was astonished as they saw such a powerful penetrative force.
However, they felt sorry for Lin Huang.
"Sword Genius is unlucky to encounter him in battle. Otherwise, with such power, he could even pierce through gold-level defense equipment!"
"It seems for someone with his abilities, even when faced with Ebonella who was ranked second on the leaderboard, he'd be able to achieve an 80-win streak. However, he was unlucky enough to bump into The Final Fortress…"
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Although Lin Huang had been trying again and again, with each time yielding improved results, a majority of people in the crowd did not have faith in Lin Huang.
In the arena, Lin Huang had never stopped trying to break through the defensive layer.
He failed during his second attack and retreated to the edge of the arena again.
Behind his mask, he looked rather stressed.
Although the 36 forms of Great Sword Scripture were comprised of various skills, its attack power was somehow weaker than Wildfire Sword.
Lin Huang turned his body, walking towards the edge of the arena. His back approached the transparent defensive layer, leaning against it. He slowly closed his eyes, controlling his breath.
Outside the arena, there was no sound of distractions. Everyone was quietly watching the battle.
Lin Huang tried repeatedly and he never gave up. He had triggered the audience. Some of them who just came for fun began to cheer for Lin Huang. Although they knew that it was unlikely that Lin Huang would win, everyone was still hoping for a miracle.
As he slowly closed his eyes and controlled his breath, he calmed himself down. Lin Huang then opened his eyes and stared at the ball-shaped object.
He grabbed the long sword in his hand tightly, bending his body before stepping on the defensive layer. He suddenly jumped into the air.
A golden glow could be seen on his blade, ignited by the friction in the air, causing golden flames to appear.
Everyone opened their eyes widely when they saw this.
"Worldly Purification!"
It was the strongest form in the arsenal of his sword skill, Wildfire Sword – Worldly Purification!
In order to purge one's sins, the easiest way was to unleash the ultimate power, destroying everything before rebuilding them from the ground up.
It was like a Worldly Purification. There was no way of turning back and there would be no regret.
With all his strength, he struck an attack that destroyed everything in his way.
This attack had completely emptied the Life Power in all the Life Wheels in Lin Huang's body, allowing Lin Huang to strike with an attack that was stronger than ever.
A beam of fire streaked across the sky. The air did not only burn from the sheer heat into nothingness, even the area around them began to vibrate slightly.
In just a blink of an eye, a golden star crashed into the defensive, ball-shaped object that resembled an indestructible wall…
Chapter 209: Can He Grow Swords From His Body?
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
"Bang!"
A bright, golden glow that was as bright as sunlight shone as the golden spark of Worldly Purification collided with the invincible ball. The entire arena was covered in the golden glow, causing almost everyone in the audience to squint their eyes. The Worldly Purification that Lin Huang performed stunned many in the audience. Nobody expected Sword Genius' sword skills to be as terrifying as this.
Even some of the gold-level people were shocked as they could tell from his performance that Lin Huang had mastered the skill. The Worldly Purification that he had just performed was almost perfect. Such skill could usually only be performed by transcendents but Lin Huang managed to unleash it almost perfectly. Though his combat strength that was not on par, his understanding of sword skills were comparable to transcendents who have mastered the Dao of the sword.
"Can he break it through?" Many of them who were not rooting for Lin Huang were now undecided. Theoretically, such a stunning hit should destroy everything that was on the same level. However, Sword Genius' opponent had the strongest defense in history. Nobody could tell what would happen next, not even Lin Huang himself…
Under the golden glow, a small portion of Lin Huang's battle sword was pierced into the invincible defensive layer. An intense force was stopping his sword from piercing it. However, Lin Huang was far from exhausting his strength. The golden glow seemed to have a melting effect to the defensive layer, his sword was piercing into the ball slowly. 10 centimeters, 20 centimeters, 25 centimeters…
Suddenly, the tip of the sword touched a layer that was even tougher.
"Pierce through it!" Lin Huang shouted. He transferred all his remaining strength onto his sword, attempting to break through the tough layer. However, just as he was doing that, an immense force flowed right back at his sword.
"Bang!" Another bang was heard, however, Lin Huang did not step back at all. Veins were bulging all over his arms as all his Life Power filled his sword, hoping to break through the defensive. Suddenly, he heard an indistinct cracking sound.
"Did I break it through?" Lin Huang was happy inside. On the contrary, he looked at his sword and he was speechless. His sword was cracking from the intense collision.
The surface was not the only thing cracking as the internal structure of the sword began cracking as well. The Life Power transfer was almost complete but the force from within the defensive layer was getting increasingly stronger. Finally, the force was fully released from the gap where the sword pierced through. Under the force, the battle sword in Lin Huang's hand completed broke.
"F*ck!" Lin Huang did not even have the time to show his distress as the force hit him, hard.
If not for his stunning body physique, he would have been badly injured from this force. He fell hard against the wall of the arena, the impact making him puke blood on the ground. The golden glow disappeared when his body was struck against the defensive wall where the audience was sitting.
"What happened?"
"Sword Genius is only left with the hilt of the sword. What's happening?"
"He's really left with the sword's hilt. There are golden sword pieces on the ground…"
"How could it be? His sword is completed broken and yet he failed to break through the ball?!"
"No matter how powerful he is, this ends here. Relics are prohibited on the first to the ninth floor. if he can't win it with a gold-level weapon, there's nothing else he can do."
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Lin Huang fell slowly from the defensive wall of the arena. He was slightly injured but he did not care at all. He stood right up on the ground and looked at the hilt in his hand, letting out an awkward smile. He tossed the hilt away and looked at the ball. The crack that the sword pierced through earlier was now completely healed. There was no trace of the crack at all.
"This is some really powerful defense. Aside from a relic, there's nothing else that can break through it… However, relics are prohibited here and even if they're not, I can't activate them with my Life Power…" Lin Huang stood there as he attempted to come up with a plan.
"Should I use that now?"
The only thing that Lin Huang could come up with was Blood Spirit - a skill he got from Bai. He remembered clearly back when Bai was still silver-level, the power of his Blood Spirit wings surpassed all the gold-level weapons they encountered. Its strength was close to a relic. Since Bai was gold-level rank-3 now, his Blood Spirit wings were as powerful as a relic. Although Lin Huang was only silver-level rank-3 now, but his Blood Spirit wings should not be any weaker than Bai when he was silver-level rank-3.
He looked up at the time, 18 minutes had passed. He was left with 12 minutes before the match would be considered a draw. He knew that he did not have much time left.
"Even a gold-level weapon could not do it. It seems like there's nothing else that I can use to break through this defensive layer besides my Blood Spirit wings…" Lin Huang had always put the Blood Spirit wings as his trump card, his final move to use against Yu Moli. However, it seemed like if he did not use his Blood Spirit wings now, there was no way he could win this battle.
After standing still for a moment, Lin Huang had finally made up his mind. The audience had lost faith in him ever since his sword broke. Without a relic, there was no way that Sword Genius could win this battle. However, Lin Huang stood up straight, the frown under his mask turning to an expression of relief. Seeing that, the audience became excited.
"Could he have something even more powerful up his sleeves?!"
"It can't be! What he performed just now was already so powerful. How is it possible that he has something even better?!"
"Why do I have the feeling that Sword Genius might turn it around?"
"This must be an illusion. His gold-level weapon is broken now, what else can he use? Perhaps he can grow swords from his body…"
Lin Huang's eyes turned a shade of red. At the same time, Blood Spirit spread out of his pores and enveloped his body. A pair of gigantic Blood Spirit wings grew out of his back.
Chapter 210: The Most Powerful Spear Versus The Toughest Shield
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
What just happened in the ring shocked everyone around the audience.
"Is that vampire's blood power?!"
"Could Sword Genius's real identity be a vampire?"
"That's a dumb thing to say, how is it possible that the Hunter Arena could not recognize a monster?! Sword Genius must be a human with monster skills!"
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"This is interesting." The young man in the golden robe who had been sat quietly chuckled to himself.
"The four Blood Spirit wings are a monster skill of a gold-level. However, no matter how strong it is, it would be the same with a gold-level weapon. It is quite impossible that this could break through the defensive layer which was from a blood inheritance," said a man in a black robe.
"The blood power of a gold-level vampire is the same as a gold-level weapon but if it is a mutated vampire, the strength of the blood power should be much more powerful than a gold-level weapon. If Sword Genius obtained his Blood Spirit wings from a mutated monster, it's quite possible to break through the defense when it's used together with the sword attack earlier." The man in golden robe replied.
"A vampire is a human type of monster with high intelligence. The mutated ones would have even higher intelligence and ability. Do you think Sword Genius, who is only a silver-level rank-3, would be able to kill a gold-level mutated vampire?" The man in black robe asked. The man in golden robe went into silence.
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Lin Huang unleashed his four Blood Spirit wings in the ring. The bloody color camouflaged his Blood Spirit wings which now looked the same as blood power wings. It meant he did not have to do anything to conceal them. Now that his eyes were red, everything he was seeing was red too. What surprised him was the ball across from him changed color as well. It was not a grayish-white ball anymore but was now a flaming red. It seemed like it was made of lava that was rotating in circles.
"The rotation must be the internal force of the defensive layer…" Lin Huang smirked as he did not expect himself to be able to see how the ball's internal force worked when he activated Blood Spirit .
"The light color must be the weak point of the defensive layer. As it rotates, the weak point changes its location. That's why the defensive layer seems to be flawless from the outside." Lin Huang could see that where ever the color was darker, the force that was protecting that particular point would be stronger while the lighter the color, the less force would be protecting it which meant it had lower defense.
His vision now allowed him to see the flaws in a seemingly flawless defensive layer.
"I shall use Worldly Purification again; I don't believe that it can't break your tortoise-shell!" Underneath the mask, Lin Huang looked confident. The Blood Spirit wing on the top right transformed into a long sword with Life Power flowing through it. This time, the Blood Spirit wing drained three circles of his Life Power. The surface of the sword was burning in a golden flame.
"He's using that again!" Seeing the sword on fire, everyone in the audience became excited. Lin Huang stepped on the defensive wall behind him and leaped towards the ball at lightning speed. His speed was even faster than the last time, like a shooting star in space. Once again, even the air was retreating from its existence, and in an instance, Lin Huang had leaped 20 meters away and arrived right before the ball. The Blood Spirit wing covered in golden flames was like a star destroyer when colliding with the invincible wall.
"Bang!" A spark that was brighter than before lighted up the ring. It was as bright as the sun at noon. This time, all of the people in the audience closed their eyes as they could not look into the blazing sun. The gigantic blood spirit wing released boundless sparks right at the weak points of the ball. Lin Huang did not feel any force coming against his wing while it transformed into a sword and pierced through the ball landing on the wall across from them.
Although the people could not see what was happening in the ring due to the intense golden flame, most of them heard a cracking sound.
"Is the defensive layer broken?!" They were shocked as they tried to open their eyes to look. However, it was impossible for them to do so as it was too bright so nobody could tell what happened in the ring. What they did not know was that the cracking sound came from the wall in the ring, not the defense layer of The Final Fortress. It was the first time the defensive wall on the sixth floor arena had cracked…
The ball blocked Lin Huang's vision, so he did not know what had happened to the defensive wall. He thought the cracking sound was the breaking of the ball. He looked at his wing, most of it was inside the defensive ball. He was relieved as from what he was seeing; he had won the battle. Above all, The Final Fortress who was sitting inside the ball was the one who got the biggest shock. Although nobody could see through the ball, he could see everything from the inside.
From the inside, the ball was the same as a pane of transparent glass. He saw everything Lin Huang had been doing for the last 20 minutes.
He was shocked the first time when Lin Huang used the Worldly Purification form as his sword had penetrated almost 30 centimeters into the ball. It touched the last layer of defense before he withdrew it. What shocked him the most was Lin Huang's last attack which seemed like it was not even affected at all. Instead, it pierced straight into the ball, through his chest and back. What was more terrifying was that the sword even pierced through the defensive layer behind his back…
It was the first time that The Final Fortress lost a battle on the sixth floor of the arena. He always thought that he was invincible.
"I didn't know a silver-level rank-3 could be this powerful…" The Final Fortress spat blood while in shock, he could clearly feel that the wing had pierced through his body and was absorbing his will to live. Within seconds, he was dead.
His body then disappeared altogether with the grayish-white ball.
"Congratulations. You have won the battle!"
Before the golden flame faded, Lin Huang received the notification of him winning. In the next second, an announcement from the system echoed through the entire arena.
"Congratulations! Player Sword Genius defeated keeper The Final Fortress on the sixth floor of the arena and has won 80 consecutive battles!"