Chapter 345 - The Temple Can't Afford to Lose Again
“That’s right, Master also received an accessory from the Dharma Saint, but he never told us what it was. I guess this time, Master did it on purpose.”
Yun Hu snapped his fingers, feeling instantly relieved.
If Master lost, he would be the last to fight, and the pressure would be immense.
Although he was confident he could defeat Yue Xia Duzhuo, plans often go awry, and who knows what might happen?
“The boss is sure to win.” Yue Xia Duzhuo also relaxed at this moment.
“The Void Mountain Infinite Combo is about to appear, and no one can escape it.”
Mingyue Qingfeng’s face lit up with joy. Like the members of Changkong Sword Group, he was certain the Fist Sage would lose and had already started celebrating in his heart.
*Whoosh!*
Leaping Slash fell from mid-air, quickly approaching the Fist Sage. Forced Combat switched, and the curved blade appeared.
Cross Destruction Slash!
In mid-air, Xie Changkong’s curved blade flashed in a cross pattern.
In an instant, two blood-red cross-shaped blade energies appeared behind the Fist Sage, hitting his back and displaying damage numbers of -485 and -532.
In a split second, the Fist Sage’s health bar dropped by more than half.
The Fist Sage seemed unable to resist at all, only passively taking the hits.
Then, the blood-red cross suddenly exerted a pulling force, dragging the stunned and bleeding Fist Sage to Xie Changkong’s feet.
Xie Changkong, still in mid-air, was just feeling the effects of Leaping Slash.
Every move flowed smoothly, one after another, as if it had all been calculated in advance, without the slightest error.
In the 0.01-second gap between the stun effects of Shattering Slash, he seamlessly connected to the stun effect of Leaping Slash!
As soon as the stun effect began, Triple Slash came, along with forced sword-sheathing, combined with his current speed of three slashes per second.
In an instant, seven flashes of blade light burst forth!
With these seven slashes falling, the Fist Sage would surely die!
Xie Changkong was already savoring the taste of victory.
But the next moment, the stunned Fist Sage above suddenly opened his eyes.
His gauntlets lightly pressed against the blade energy.
Momentum Flash Strike!
The Fist Sage moved left.
Mountain-Shaking Force!
As he flew to the left, the Fist Sage’s right foot suddenly stomped on the ground!
A level 40 area-of-effect stun skill appeared under the Fist Sage’s feet.
*Boom!*
The ground shook violently, and a massive sound erupted.
Xie Changkong’s triumphant smile froze on his face as he landed.
What replaced it was a look of fear.
The level 40 skill Mountain-Shaking Force had an effect of inflicting fear within a 10-meter radius for 2 seconds.
Under the fear effect, the opponent’s defense was reduced by 30%, and movement and attack speed were reduced by 30%.
Three Shattering Fists landed on Xie Changkong’s chest, abdomen, and head!
Three Heavy Injury effects exploded.
“-725!”
“-875!”
“-1125!”
Gale Pursuit’s cooldown finished, and four consecutive flashes occurred.
In an instant, Xie Changkong’s health bar was emptied, shocking everyone present.
They were all astonished.
“Boss!”
“How is this possible? How did the Fist Sage wake up?”
“This can’t be happening, it’s too unreal!”
The members of Changkong Sword Group found it hard to believe that their boss, with such a huge advantage, had actually lost.
They also couldn’t understand how the Fist Sage had woken up.
“What’s going on? How did the Fist Sage suddenly break free from the stun effect? Isn’t his secondary weapon only supposed to double his strength? Did he use a potion? That’s impossible, we didn’t see him take any potions.”
Ice Blade’s expression changed, finding it hard to believe.
“Leader, I think it must be equipment with a skill that can remove stun effects. But with Fist Dominates Mountains and Rivers’ financial and human resources, they shouldn’t be able to afford such equipment. What’s going on?”
Although Ice River had guessed the truth, he couldn’t understand how the Fist Sage had obtained such equipment.
“This must be the accessory given by the Dharma Saint. Does it remove stun effects? Or is it a purification effect?”
“No wonder Master insisted on clashing head-on with the Sword God. He deliberately let Xie Changkong stun him, then used his Cross Destruction Slash to get close to Xie Changkong. It’s like Xie Changkong delivered himself to Master for the kill. It’s brilliant indeed.”
Yun Yin’s face was full of admiration.
“It seems that to defeat a top expert, skill alone isn’t enough. You have to be cunning like Master!”
“You’d better not let Master hear you say that, or he might punish you to squat in the toilet for ten days.”
“Uh, I’ll shut up.” Yun Yin was startled when he heard Yun Xiang’s words.
*Clang!*
As a beam of holy light descended, Xie Changkong, who had been lying on the ground, suddenly stood up.
“Resurrection spell?”
Everyone was taken aback.
The Fist Sage also paused slightly, “The Temple’s resources are indeed powerful enough.”
The Resurrection spell wasn’t a Priest class skill.
It had to be dropped by a Boss.
And the drop rate was frustratingly low.
There was probably only one in the entire server.
“I didn’t expect you to be so cunning, Old He.” As soon as Xie Changkong stood up, he quickly retreated to the Temple’s formation.
“You should talk less about that. Now, it’s time for you to keep your promise.”
The Fist Sage put away his gauntlets, coldly waiting for them to withdraw.
The members of Frost Seal World watched with anticipation. If the Temple withdrew, they would only need to compete with Fist Dominates Mountains and Rivers.
In that case, their chances of winning would certainly be higher than competing against the Temple.
But to their surprise, Xie Changkong didn’t leave. Instead, he quickly downed several potions and then revealed a cold smile.
“I’m sorry, Old He, I actually wanted to keep my promise.” A hint of helplessness appeared at the corners of Xie Changkong’s mouth.
“But there’s no choice. You should understand, the Temple…” Xie Changkong sighed deeply, “can’t afford to lose again.”
What?
Everyone looked at each other, feeling absurd at Xie Changkong’s shamelessness.
As one of the Twelve Gods, to treat his own words as worthless and go back on them, wasn’t this too shameless?
“Sword God, what do you mean? Are you going to play dirty?” Yun Long and others were indignant.
The members of Fist Dominates Mountains and Rivers also started cursing at Xie Changkong.
“Damn, this is too shameless. I never thought the great Sword God would do something like this!”
“I think from now on we shouldn’t call him Sword God, but Sword Mortal!”
“Sword Mortal is invincible, mortals have no shame, truly invincible indeed!”
Hearing the players from Fist Dominates Mountains and Rivers cursing, the Changkong Sword Group side didn’t feel any better.
But they knew that this time it was unavoidable.
After all, they couldn’t have known earlier that they would lose two rounds in a row!
It was all because they were too confident.
“History is written by the victors. Ice Blade, am I right?”
Xie Changkong didn’t respond to their outcry, but suddenly glanced at Ice Blade on the hillside.
Immediately, Ice Blade’s face turned cold.
This was asking them to be complicit in erasing today’s battle results. If he didn’t agree, he guessed that Frost Seal World would be the first to be attacked.
“The Sword God is right. The victor becomes the king, and the loser becomes the bandit. I agree with this.”
Despite his reluctance, Ice Blade decided it was wiser to avoid confrontation after assessing the Temple’s forces.
“That’s good.” Xie Changkong smiled slightly, then swung his sword.
Instantly, the thirty top experts from Changkong Sword Group, along with over 4,000 high-level Temple players behind them, surrounded the members of Fist Dominates Mountains and Rivers.
The members of Fist Dominates Mountains and Rivers felt a chill run through their bodies.
They weren’t afraid of these people, after all, they had the advantages of guild mode and guild healing scrolls, allowing them to fight without restraint. Against these people, they could still put up a fight.
Their real fear was that during the battle, more Temple players might emerge from their ambush in the Killing God Mountain Range, leading to their certain annihilation!
But now, they didn’t need to think about it anymore. Whether they wanted to fight or not, they had to!
*Boom! Boom! Boom!*
Spells roared, knights raised their shields, priests controlled health, swordsmen danced around, and archers picked off targets.
The thousand-man battle had begun!