Although Izroth observed the four yers moving in on Guan Yu’s position, he did not immediately take action and kept his attacks concentrated on the Brooding Behemoth Basbus. Izroth knew that if he stepped in before Guan Yu even had a chance to fight, he would be looking down on Guan Yu’s ability to take care of himself.
Of course, if he saw that Guan Yu was in any real trouble he would step in without hesitation. However, Guan Yu was no pushover. Izroth could tell that the four yers sneaking towards Guan Yu were more skilled than the average yer by their movements and coordination, but it should be within Guan Yu’s tolerance range.
Izroth’s gaze then shifted towards Minus who was near the body of the Brooding Behemoth Basbus. The gloves on Minus’ hands were shrouded in powerful red me energy that emitted an intense level of heat.
It was unclear what ss Minus chose since his mes appeared to be magic, but his fighting style matched that of a fighter rather than a mage. It was almost as if he was some kind of hybrid ss. It was clear that Minus had a good understanding of hisbat capabilities as the number of ws in the way he executed his skills were minimal.
Izroth believed that if it were Minus personally facing off against Guan Yu, then the winner would not be so easily determined.
BOOOOOOOM!
Minus aimed his hands towards the ground and released a strongbustion thatunched him into the air. As he soared through the air, he came before the head of the Brooding Behemoth Basbus.
Minus fist was engulfed in mes as it came crashing down on the forehead of the Brooding Behemoth Basbus. The huge boss monster actually halted its steps for a brief moment from the impact of the blow.
One of the yers spectating Minus could not help but sigh when he witnessed how strong Minus was. He shook his head helplessly as he said, "That’s a captain of Blue Oasis for you. No matter what kind of MMORPG they y, the skill gap is always so huge."
"What else do you expect? If you want to be a captain of Blue Oasis, you can’t just be a one trick pony. It may seem like a lofty position, but there are countless yers vying to be one of the seven captains so there’s a lot of pressure. If one is weak, then one can’t even dream of obtaining such a rank." One of that yer’s friends responded.
"Tch... If not for my currentck of AOE skills, my rank on the event leaderboards would not be so far behind. However, if I can secure this boss then my ranking will soar!" Minus said with a look of determination in his eyes. This was one of the other reasons he did not bother to take direct action against Guan Yu. To him, cing high in this event was a bigger priority.
"Oh? That guy isn’t half bad! Even though he talks a lot of nonsense, he has a bit of skill I suppose! Of course, he’s stillckingpared to my brother!" Guan Yu said with a hint of arrogance in his voice as he watched Minus show off with his shy skills.
"No need to even mention my brother, you four will not even be a proper warm-up for me alone!" Guan Yu said as he mmed his guandao into the ground in an intimidating manner. This frightened some of the casual yers near him who thought that they were being attacked and they immediately retreated.
As for the four yers approaching Guan Yu, they were shocked when they heard his words. How did he know that they were sneaking up on him when they were being so discreet? It’s not like they were amateur yers who did not know what they were doing.
However, how could they possibly know about Guan Yu’s Soul Sense trait? Although his Soul Essence was not as nearly as powerful as Izroth’s, as the four grew closer to him, he was able to perceive their hostile intent. It was as if their attention was focused solely on him like a wild beast silently observing its prey.
But, if they believed him to be just mere prey for them to do away with as they pleased, Guan Yu would prove them to be sorely mistaken.
When the others noticed that Guan Yu were in trouble, they were getting ready to break off and assist him, however, they were unexpectedly stopped.
"Do not interfere." Izroth said with a carefree expression on his face as he pressed forward with his attack on the Brooding Behemoth Basbus.’
Everyone was startled and a little confused when they heard Izroth’s words, however, no one interfered just as he requested. Besides, they were positive that Izroth would not allow Guan Yu toe to any real harm. He must’ve had some reason for telling them not to help out.
However, when they saw that fierce and fearless look in Guan Yu’s eyes with an expression that seemed as if his blood was boiling with excitement, they somewhat understood why Izroth chose not to intervene.
Izroth’s de of Lightning shed across the massive body of the Brooding Behemoth Basbus as he activated his First Sword Form: Converging Paths along with Phantom Strike. Not only that, but Izroth also infused thirteen points of Essence into the attack, making for a devastatingbination.
?Critical Hit?
-606
?Critical Hit?
-1,212
?Critical Hit?
-1,818
With that attack, the HP of the Brooding Behemoth Basbus dropped down to around 75%.
Immediately after such a wless execution of his attack, Izroth received an alert from the system.
〈System Alert: Your efficiency with the skill ?First Sword Form: Converging Paths? has increased.〉
When Izroth checked the information for his First Sword Form: Converging Paths skill, he realized that not much had changed. Its skill level went up from one to two and the cooldown time decreased to one minute from one minute and thirty seconds. Besides that, there were no other changes to the skill itself.
’It may be necessary to master the skill entirely before its true potential can show.’
Even though Izroth’s attack did not have any kind of crowd control effect attached to it, the attack still caused the Brooding Behemoth Basbus’ body to move back slightly. It may have been due to Izroth infusing ten percent of his total Essence into the attack, but it created a more shocking scene than Minus’ showy attack did just a few moments ago.
"So strong!" One of the yers who saw how smooth and wless Izroth’s attack wasmented. He could not believe his eyes already when Minus made the massive boss monster stop its movements momentarily. However, that mystery yer was actually able to knock that huge creature back a bit. It was obvious which feat was more impressive.
"Also, it wasn’t shy at all! It’s like watching a refined swordsman at work!" One of his friends said.
Minus red coldly at Izroth for a brief moment before turning his attention back towards the Brooding Behemoth Basbus. He would not allow himself to be showed up so easily!
Meanwhile, Guan Yu was facing off against the four yers who tried to ambush him just a while ago. Originally when they had been discovered, the four yers were going to retreat. However, Guan Yu would not allow them toe and go as they pleased as he charged towards the nearest one to forcibly engage the battle.
The four yers were dumbfounded at first that one yer would attempt to charge over at them when he was in such an unfavorable situation. However, their feelings quickly turned into anger for being looked down upon by Guan Yu. They were not just some pushovers or low-ranked guild members of Blue Oasis, they were all skilled yers in the upper-middle ranks of the guild.
"You’re digging your own grave!" The yer who Guan Yu attacked yelled out as he swiftly held his sword in a defensive way to parry the iing guandao. However, he had grossly underestimated Guan Yu.
Guan Yu’s guandao cut right through that yer’s sword and his entire body as if there was nothing blocking its path. Since the yer expected to parry the blow, Guan Yu’s guandao easily made contact with his head and cleared him away in one fell swoop!
It was Guan Yu’s skill Arcing Armor Crusher which had invoked the fragmented effect. Not only this, but he also infused four points of his Essence into the attack.
The fragmented effect allowed Guan Yu’s attack to not only bypass anything physical that blocked his guandao’s path, but it also caused the affected target to take a percentage increase in all sources of damage for a set period of time. However, the second part of this effect was unnecessary as the yer who was the target of the attack paid a heavy price for underestimating Guan Yu.
?Critical Hit?
-2,790
The yer struck by the attack had been eliminated with a single blow! That yer only had around 2,500 HP and so Guan Yu’s attack was more than enough to finish him off.
When the other three yers saw what happened to their guild member, they were shocked. One hit! It only took one hit to ovee someone who was around the samebat level of themselves.
"Come! That was just a warning shot." Guan Yu brandished his guandao as he seemed to turn into the beast and the three yers were now his prey to do with as he wished.
"Don’t underestimate him! We’ll attack together!" One of the three yers had a gloomy expression on his face. His name was I Throw Rocks, a yer who had been following Minus for years ever since he became interested in the ssic style MMORPGs. Of course, he followed him over to RML when it was released.
The other two yers agreed with him as they surrounded Guan Yu from three different angles. This time, they maintained a high level of caution. For a te user, the person before them was fast.
Guan Yu frowned when he saw that the three of them were ying in such a safe and cautious way. "Fine, if you won’te to me then I’ll juste to you!" Guan Yu said as he gripped onto his guandao tightly and charged forward.
...
"I can see the boss from here. It might be thergest boss to appear within RML so far." The yer who spoke was one of the Five Great Generals of the guild Cross Haven, Zhang Jie. He had been dispatched by Wang Qiang near the border area of Blue Oasis to take action at a moments notice.
One of the yers by Zhang Jie’s side whistled as he saw the giant boulders in the sky. "Wonder what those things in the air do. This oughta be fun."
"Why have wee all the way to the Blue Oasis sector with such arge force? Won’t we end up drawing unnecessary attention to ourselves with this aggressive move?" One of the other yers who stood by Zhang Jie’s side called tic said.
Although tic managed Cross Haven’s finances within RML and divided the resources, his position outside of that was being ced under the directmand of Zhang Jie.
"That’s the point. Heh, I have no idea what that crazy bastard is up to, but it’s sure to be entertaining. All we have to do is y our part, don’t think too much about the details." Zhang Jie responded.
ording to the scout from Blue Oasis’ previous estimation, their reinforcements would arrive in five minutes and the neighboring guilds would not arrive for at least ten minutes. However, Zhang Jie from Cross Haven was actually the first to arrive on the scene!
"Now should be about the right time..." Zhang Jie muttered to himself. He then lifted his magnificent spear into the air before pointing it forward.
"Come, let us im what is ours!" Zhang Jie shouted as a battle cry of more than one hundred yers sounded off. They then started to make their way towards the Brooding Behemoth Basbus.
...
"Captain! Arge force of at least one hundred members from Cross Haven led by one of their Five Great Generals Zhang Jie is headed this way! They are already closing in fast on our current position!" One of the scouts reported to Minus who was engaged in a battle against the Brooding Behemoth Basbus.
Minus was shocked. Cross Haven? How had they arrived so fast? Or better yet, how did the scouts let such arge force slip by right under their noses?!
"What are those useless scouts doing?!" Minus was furious. This area was under hismand and he had beenpletely unaware of another top guild until they were already too close to even do anything about.