LGHTNOVELBOOK Chapter 92 - 91: 3 vs 3
Chapter 92: Chapter 91: 3 vs 3
“Damn it!”
Shi Dong swung his sword and once again knocked down a little demon that screamed and rushed at him. Then, he turned his head, his expression anxious as he gazed down at a nearby altar. Seeing the figure of the Six-Armed Serpent Lord, Shi Dong’s face grew incredibly grim. He didn’t know what exactly was happening there, but it looked very bad!
That Six-Armed Serpent Lord seemed to have resurrected!
If possible, Shi Dong really wanted to go down and battle it out with them. As a Grand Knight, he had fought against Six-Armed Snake Demons several times. They were ferocious, cunning, and sinister creatures that ordinary Templars couldn’t handle. Even when led by a Grand Knight, the battles sometimes resulted in heavy casualties. Moreover, the combat strength of Six-Armed Snake Demons was formidable. Although they mostly served as strategists or commanders, this did not mean their combat power was inferior. On the contrary, having six arms, they seemed overwhelmingly strong against any single opponent, making it feel like being attacked by three people at once; and with a single lapse in attention, one could be sliced into pieces by a Six-Armed Snake Demon.
As for Fang Zheng… How long could he last alone?
With this thought, Shi Dong glanced around, then suddenly spurred his horse, and the Pegasus beneath him neighed. Rapidly, it carried Shi Dong towards the altar.
“Squeak—!!”
But just as Shi Dong moved, the little demons in front also screamed and opened their mouths. Soon, fireballs were spewing out toward Shi Dong.
“Get lost!”
Facing the incoming fireballs, Shi Dong roared and raised his longsword, swinging it forward. The roaring air pressure spiraled out, directly engulfing the fireballs released by the little demons. However, these little demons clearly did not intend to give up; taking advantage of Shi Dong’s sword swing, three little demons attacked him from the front and both sides. But before these little demons could get close, the great sword in Shi Dong’s hand suddenly described a circle in the air, slicing the three little demons in front of him in half.
Yet, in those few brief seconds, dozens of little demons had gathered from all around and once again blocked Shi Dong’s route.
“Damn it!”
Looking at this scene, Shi Dong gritted his teeth, then quickly pulled on the reins, once again soaring high on his Pegasus, avoiding the sneak attack from the little demons below, and was forced to rejoin the formation of Pegasus Knights.
“Damn it, if we were on the ground…”
Looking at the little demons from all sides, Shi Dong was momentarily at a loss. On the ground, relying on his solid and methodical approach, he might have been able to kill these little demons more easily, but the sky was a completely different battlefield. Although the Pegasus Knights were also adept at aerial combat, these little demons were not far behind. In fact, were it not for Shi Dong’s presence, the Pegasus Knights Order might have already been defeated.
“What the hell is that old guy doing!”
Looking again towards the battlefield below, Shi Dong couldn’t help but complain again, then his gaze returned to the indistinct figure on the altar.
Kid, you absolutely have to hold on!
“Whoosh!”
A flash of blade light passed through the air, and six silvery blooms unfurled from all directions like unfolding buds, then closed in again, attempting to utterly shred the prey before them. But just before they closed in, Fang Zheng suddenly rolled to the side, narrowly avoiding the blade light by a hair’s breadth. And when the scimitars missed, they didn’t retract but instead, like venomous snakes, lunged forward again, tightly following Fang Zheng as he stabbed again.
Facing the relentless scimitars, Fang Zheng swung his Sky-Cleaving Sword. Shortly, a golden shield appeared before him, blocking the chase of the Six-Armed Serpent Lord.
“Clang clang clang clang clang clang!”
Six scimitars chopped at the Holy Light Barrier almost simultaneously. The heavily struck Holy Light Barrier finally exceeded its limit and, after flickering a few times, immediately disappeared. Simultaneously, Fang Zheng spotted a snake tail whipping towards him like a long whip from the side. Without hesitating, he leapt into the air, barely dodging the strike.
At that moment, Fang Zheng raised his hand at the Six-Armed Serpent Lord in front of him; seeing his action, the face of the Six-Armed Serpent Lord changed slightly. She hurriedly retracted her six arms, crisscrossing them in front of her face.
At the same time, the force of the Psionic power burst forth.
“Boom!”
The powerful psionic force struck the body of the Six-Armed Serpent Lord like a heavy hammer. Fang Zheng, using the rebound force, did a somersault and landed. Then he swung his Sky-Cleaving Sword forward again.
But this time, the glow that appeared on the Sky-Cleaving Sword was not the dazzling Holy Light but a faint, mist-like dim radiance. Seeing this sword, the Six-Armed Serpent Lord’s face suddenly changed, and she shot backward like lightning while vigorously swinging the six scimitars in her hands, forcing Fang Zheng to retreat once again.
“Tsk.”
Watching the whistling lights of swords and scimitars before him, Fang Zheng did not hesitate to retract his sword and retreat. Then, when he stood up again, the Holy Light reappeared on his body.
What exactly is going on with this mortal?
Bella stared intently at Fang Zheng, her eyes revealing confusion and doubt. Initially, she was indeed very angry. In the view of the Six-Armed Serpent Lord, even if her power was somehow diminished, dealing with a mortal should have been effortless. The greatest strength of a Six-Armed Serpent is to divide into three, meaning when one faces a Six-Armed Serpent, they are actually facing the onslaught of three creatures with equal power. Under such a sudden attack, it is difficult for anyone to withstand her assault.
But what Bella could not understand was that, though there clearly was only one person opposite her, she also felt as if she was battling three people. Moreover, it wasn’t like the simultaneous strikes of the Six-Armed Serpent, it felt more like a rotational battle!
This left Bella quite perplexed. As a resident of the Abyss, she was highly sensitive to auras. Therefore, Bella could be sure that the aura of this young man was quite peculiar. Sometimes he emitted an aura that was utterly repulsive and familiar to her, that of the Sacred Aura. But at other times, his body radiated a terrifying aura like a multitude of fierce beasts combined, and most surprisingly, she even sensed an utterly pure Power of Death emanating from him!
Isn’t he a Templar?
Of course, Bella could not imagine that, in fact, she was fighting against three people.
And this was the tactic that Fang Zheng had devised to deal with the Six-Armed Serpent at hand.
To be honest, initially, Bella’s attacks did catch Fang Zheng off guard, even though he had practiced in the Dark Soul realm to the extent that he could dance with the Nameless King with his eyes closed. Facing the cheating-like combat abilities of the Six-Armed Serpent, however, he had no solution because, in the Black Soul World, Fang Zheng always avoided finding himself surrounded. Once surrounded… well, that was the end of that.
However, Fang Zheng soon thought of a way to tackle the problem.
That was to switch Soulstones!
The basic flow of Fang Zheng’s battle was as follows: defense with “Arthas,” long-range attacks with “Kerrigan,” and if he got a chance up close, he’d use “Malthael” to strike her with a slash.
Because Fang Zheng discovered, although each skill has a cooldown CD, switching Soulstones itself doesn’t have this restriction. This means that if Fang Zheng was willing, he could risk everything to switch Soulstones multiple times in an instant to unleash attacks from various Soulstones.
This was also the reason why Fang Zheng could barely withstand Bella’s attacks, but of course, the greatest credit must be given to the “Malthael” Soulstone that Fang Zheng had drawn.
Soulstone: Malthael
Quality: Gold
Activation Count: 5
Gained Buffs: Gap Between Life and Death (a certain chance to be immune to external attacks), Scythe of the Soul (a certain chance to deal a Lethal Strike to the enemy)
Of the three Soulstones Fang Zheng currently held, “Malthael” was the most special one. “Arthas” could be easily utilized by Fang Zheng anytime and, due to the benefit of “Royal Cross Swordsmanship,” it became the Soulstone he used the most.
“Kerrigan” could only unleash its greatest power in a permanent state. However, “Malthael” was the opposite; Fang Zheng discovered after his research that this Angel of Death’s Soulstone would only exhibit its fullest potential once activated!
Although “Malthael” also gave Fang Zheng two buffs, these buffs really just looked cool but were actually not easy to use. “Gap Between Life and Death” is a matter of chance, and there was nothing Fang Zheng could do about it. He currently only had the most basic Soulstone and hadn’t had the chance to enhance it to be as bug-like as the original.
As for “Scythe of the Soul,” it was entirely a double-edged sword. Lethal Strike indeed sounded great, but its conditional and uncertain activation made it uncontrollable. This means that when Fang Zheng equipped “Malthael,” he had to consider his battle environment. If he faced a large group of enemies, that was one thing. But if it was something like a sparring session, it would be best for Fang Zheng to put away this Soulstone. Otherwise, it could cause a big problem if someone either luckily or unluckily triggered a Lethal Strike and then directly… well, that could get very troubling.
But now, for Fang Zheng, he obviously did not have to worry about this issue.
Instead, it was Bella who was dragged by the current Fang Zheng into a dilemma!