Chapter Ch142 - National Compet.i.tion Priest 2

translator: xiin

editor: kara

There was a palpable silence in the arena. The faint breeze whispered across the tiny pieces of gravel.

Jiuzhou stood in the middle of the field, ordered the remaining spirit angel to fly a little further away from him, then stood there alone, and chanted quietly.

After casting a HOT (heal over time, continuous healing) on himself, he used another heal spell with a shorter cast time. With the Seal of Soul active, his healing moves were much more effective, and casting the spell twice was already enough to bring his health back to 80%.

Jiuzhou is very calm, The commentator said, Generally speaking, under such circ.u.mstances, many priests would first put a s.h.i.+eld on themselves in advance. However, Jiuzhou hasnt done so. This is one of his combat habits. Jiuzhou prefers to keep the s.h.i.+eld in reserve. When his opponents combo reaches a certain point, he can use the s.h.i.+eld to interrupt it.

This is another detail that Im not sure youve noticed. His spirit angel has flown off to a distance of about 7 meters, which is a very subtle distance. It can attack and defend in advance, remaining just outside of the 5-meter limit warning range. The sound from it wont affect Jiuzhous ability to survey for stealth either.

For masters at Jiuzhous level, it would become an advantage if they were able to detect a stealthed opponent even 0.05 seconds earlier.

Unfortunately, he was facing another master.

For Odin, as long as the opponent wasnt a ranger or sniper with stealth detection bonuses (in other words, without a system that helped them cheat), there was absolutely no chance that his approach could be detected in advance!

The two players were very clear that Odin wouldnt wait for another of Jiuzhous seals to cool down before coming in to fight. If he wanted to ambush, it had to be within 5 seconds!

After having cast two spells, Jiuzhous inner countdown had already reached four.

At this moment, a sudden aura of killing intent spread out behind him, Jiuzhous pupils contracted abruptly, and he turned back to cast Condemnation

His Condemnation failed though as there was nothing behind him!

Just when he looked back, half of the remnants of a Flash appeared behind him. Odins figure came out of its stealth effect, and a blade had already swept by close to his throat.

The system judged: Critical attack! Bleeding damage!

Jiuzhou hadnt been casting, so it hadnt triggered a silence effect.

However, this attacks goal hadnt been to land a silence effect. It had just been the starting move. When facing a mage profession, the short sword, Song of Triumph, didnt need to start a blade fight. It only needed to pursue bigger combos and become a b.l.o.o.d.y murder weapon!

In the time it had taken for Jiuzhou to turn around, Odin had already launched Shadow Dance.

Adding onto the hit from the Flash, its a five-hit combo! As soon as the commentator had seen the figures, he could see that Jiuzhous second Condemnation had failed to release once again.

What had made this 0.5-second cast skill fail had been Odins Flash.

The most terrifying part of this technique was that Odin was the owner of this technique.

The great demon kings extreme reaction speed and the extremely short starting speed required for Flash combined together to create this horrifying fact:

Odin could judge that Jiuzhou was using Condemnation at the moment when Jiuzhou raised his wand. Then, within 0.5 seconds, before the spell was successfully released, he could activate Flash and move behind Jiuzhou so that the Condemnation failed!

In the blink of an eye, the number of combo hits rose up to 9. Jiuzhou immediately changed tactics after Condemnation had failed and opened up his s.h.i.+eld.

A s.h.i.+eld cast in the Seal of Soul state could increase his health by 20%. Song of Triumphs next strike would be interrupted.

However, what was more important was that with this s.h.i.+eld, Jiuzhou was no longer afraid of having his throat sliced for the moment. It gave him one second of casting time, and what he chanted was a fear skill that would make opponents within 5 meters flee.

Jiuzhous calculations were completely correct!

When the number of combo hits was only at 9, it was very difficult for Odin to break through his s.h.i.+eld with one hit. However, if he couldnt break through the s.h.i.+eld in one hit, the combo count would reset after being interrupted. When it started again from 1, the damage the attack dealt would be reduced greatly. In any case, there was no way to break the s.h.i.+eld and silence Jiuzhou before he finished chanting the fear skill.

The commentators voices rose up abruptly, Alright, counterattack

Their words hadnt even fallen when everyone suddenly heard an unusual sound.

It was Song of Triumph, but it had never made such a sharp noise before. This sound was different from the previous gorgeous and crisp ringing. It seemed to be extraordinarily sharp, just like a b.l.o.o.d.y nightingale crying as it died!

Additionally, this sword attack changed from Odins usual freehand style and turned deep and slow instead. Many people subconsciously went to look at the systems judgment.

Jiuzhous s.h.i.+eld had been broken!

Odins combo count was cleared, but this. .h.i.t had been enough to break Jiuzhous 20% health s.h.i.+eld.

In the next moment, Deep Silence appeared, and Odin followed up with a throat slice!

The number of people who could react to such a thing within that instant wouldnt exceed a single-digit figure, but Jiuzhou was one of them. At that critical moment, he had interrupted his own chanting and avoided the silence effect once again!

This had been a real series of rapid actions. Starting from when Jiuzhou had cast his s.h.i.+eld to Odin breaking the s.h.i.+eld to Jiuzhous immediate interruption of his own spell, all of this didnt even add up to a second of time.

Odin seemed to have expected Jiuzhous reaction. After slicing his throat, he started up Shadow Dance again.

Taking advantage of this break in the storm, the commentator called up the video replay on a small screen beside him. He exclaimed in surprise, The technique that Odin had used just now had actually been Vanticos Wind Pressure!

The Wind Pressure technique was not consistent with Odins subtle and light style. It stressed momentum and heavy force, using power generated by the movement of the blade to increase the force of its impact.

Impact force was also equivalent to dealing damage!

Song of Triumphs distinctive ring just now had also been due to Odins use of this technique. It was no wonder that he had been able to break through Jiuzhous 20% health s.h.i.+eld in one hit after stacking up 9 combo hits.

On the public screen, the audience was fried up like a boiling pot of oil, Amazing, great demon king! When did he learn Wind Pressure?!

It has never appeared in compet.i.tions before! It definitely hasnt!

The great demon king seems to have also used Flower Blowers Chain Arrows and adjusted it for the situation? Had he suddenly found it suitable to use in this situation, so he just gave it a try?

Vantico and the great demon king dont have a good relations.h.i.+p, and he certainly wouldnt take the initiative to teach him Could it be that last time when Odin and Vantico had fought, he learned it on the spot?

WTF! You must be kidding me! The difficulty level of Wind Pressure is 8.8. Why dont you give it a try and imitate your opponent on the battlefield?! Do you think that hes a main character from an oriental martial arts novel who comes with his own halo?

The audience was still arguing over it on the public screen while the two commentators were paying close attention to the changes happening on the scene. They absolutely didnt dare get distractedbut, they also couldnt fully explain what was going on without splitting their attention.

During this round of attacks, Odins fighting was as smooth as floating clouds and flowing water, and his use of Shadow Dance could also be considered a textbook performance.

The commentators had no way to a.n.a.lyze the details and switched to say, Jiuzhou has no way to chant in this situation. His health has dropped down to 50% again, and theres still one or two seconds until his seals finish their cooldown. What will he do to get out of this?

His words hadnt yet finished when Jiuzhou acted!

This time, he used the remaining spirit angel to interrupt the combo!

As early as when the two had started fighting, the spirit angel had been shooting auto-attacks at its opponent while accepting Jiuzhous command to fly back to where the two of them were. However, due to how fierce the fighting had been between the two players, almost n.o.body had paid attention to such a small summoned creature.

However, it was a very useful creature, especially when commanded by top level expertsit could become like a flying immortal in the sky. It flew in to hit Odins eyes, blocking an attack for Jiuzhou.

The spirit angel died on the spot!

The combo was interrupted again though!

Jiuzhou had long been prepared for this. He cast a Condemnation that hit the edges of Odins clothing, and after landing, it reduced the cooldown of his other skills, allowing him to immediately cast out another seal.

Seal of Sacrifice! The commentators exclaimed.

It had actually turned out to be Sacrifice!

The sound of discussion rose up like a tide.

At this critical time, anyone could see that if Jiuzhou had continued to receive attacks, he probably wouldnt have been able to hold on until the next seal. At this time, he only had one Seal of Soul left that increased healing effects. Everyone felt that he would use Seal of Valor again to put some distance between them or the Seal of Humility to defend and protect himself.

But, he had blatantly used the Seal of Sacrifice! The less health he had left, the faster his cooldown and chanting speed would be!

Commentator: Hes clearly intending to play a fast game!

As soon as the Seal of Sacrifice had been applied, all his skills cooldown speeds increased, and Jiuzhou started off with another Condemnation!

Odins Shadow Dance was still active, but he wasnt in the middle of a combo. How could he allow that Condemnation to land?

However, Jiuzhou didnt actually plan to cast Condemnation seriously. After Odin Flashed away, he immediately turned around and cast Surgethis magic skill was usually used to push an opponent in front of him away, but it really wasnt effective on an opponent on Odins level. So, this Surge that Jiuzhou had cast was actually used to allow himself to be pushed back into the air.

While he was in mid-air, Jiuzhou didnt forget to throw in another Condemnation. This time, because the distance between the two was wide enough, Odin was unable to leave his field of vision.

However, this distance was insignificant in front of the Flash technique!

After Jiuzhou had landed on the ground, he even started to calmly start casting the Holy Light spell. This spell that required a 1-second chanting time was an all-out offensive spell.

The audience was in an uproar, and the commentator exclaimed, Jiuzhou is going to fight back with only 40% of his health! Lets see if he has a chance!

His voice had just fallen when they all saw that Odin had already arrived in front of Jiuzhou.

At this time, Odins health was at 82%, and he was in good condition. His Shadow Jumps cooldown was about to end, and his stealth was about halfway through its cooldown.

Meanwhile, Jiuzhous health was at 43%. He had one second remaining until his next seal could be cast, and his Flash would soon be off cooldown. He had one second left of his Seal of Soul and six seconds left on his Seal of Sacrifice.