Chapter 178: Is Lin Moyu Done For Again?
Tang Jianfei was immune to elemental attacks, rendering Lin Moyu’s skeleton mages useless.
As Tang Jianfei said, for Lin Moyu to win, he’d have to last 10 minutes.
But lasting 10 minutes under his sword was impossible.
Tang Jianfei thought, unless hell froze over, Lin Moyu couldn’t last 10 minutes against his sword.
But he did see hell freeze over.
He charged towards Lin Moyu with sword steps like the wind, about to strike.
Suddenly he felt a chill down his spine.
An extreme sense of danger descended.
Tang Jianfei trusted his instincts and quickly retreated.
As he retreated, a red glowing blade barely missed him.
With a boom, the large blade struck the arena, shaking the entire platform.
The power of that strike was evident.
Tang Jianfei sucked in a cold breath. If that blade had hit him, he’d probably be off the arena already.
Whoosh!
Many people were shocked and jumped up again.
"What is that!"
"A skeleton wielding a blade, a skeleton with physical attack ability."
"And it can use skills too, with considerable power."
A skeleton wielding a blade appeared beside Lin Moyu.
Lin Moyu had recalled the skeleton mage.
Tang Jianfei broke out in a cold sweat, then suddenly laughed loudly, "Indeed I can’t underestimate you. This is your trump card, right?"
"A skeleton with a blade, let’s see how strong it is."
Tang Jianfei still maintained his arrogance, charging over again.
The skeleton warrior swung its dual blades to meet him.
The skeleton warrior’s attributes were too high, its speed unbelievably fast.
In Tang Jianfei’s eyes, it was like a lightning bolt, instantly appearing before him.
The large blade chopped down fiercely.
"So fast!"
Tang Jianfei exclaimed in shock.
Light flashed on his sword. Skill: Sword Control!
Under the Sword Control skill, Tang Jianfei could accurately block all attacks and repel the enemy.
No matter how fast the skeleton warrior’s attacks were, he could block them.
With a bang, Tang Jianfei was blasted away by the huge force.
The skeleton warrior was also sent flying, crashing to the ground.
"Such strong power too!"
Tang Jianfei broke out in another cold sweat.
Speed and power far surpassing his own.
The skeleton warrior quickly got up and charged again.
Tang Jianfei snorted coldly. The other star ring on his sword also exploded.
In an instant, his strength and all attributes increased tenfold.
Skill: Berserk Sword!
For 5 minutes, all attributes increased tenfold.
The effect was somewhat similar to a berserker’s berserk state, but stronger.
And it didn’t affect rationality.
There was a fundamental difference between legendary and rare careers. The skill power gap was too large.
This kind of skill was simply impossible for rare careers to obtain.
Skill: Flying Dragon Sword!
Tang Jianfei’s whole body shot out like a flying dragon, crashing into the skeleton warrior.
The skeleton warrior was sent flying again, crashing to the ground unable to get up.
This skill had a control effect, paralyzing the skeleton warrior for 30 seconds.
After knocking away the skeleton warrior, Tang Jianfei shot towards Lin Moyu like lightning.
With attributes increased tenfold, his speed was much faster than before.
"The skeleton warrior is controlled, and the skeleton mages are useless. Lin Moyu is done for now."
"The Divine Swordsman is so strong, worthy of a legendary career."
"Lin Moyu probably has no moves left, unless..."
At this moment, two black shadows appeared in front of Lin Moyu.
Two more skeleton warriors appeared in front.
They simultaneously swung their blades at Tang Jianfei.
Tang Jianfei retreated even faster than he came.
He looked at Lin Moyu like he’d seen a ghost, "How do you still have more? How many skeletons do you have?"
Lin Moyu chuckled, "Guess."
Tang Jianfei snorted coldly, looking unconvinced, "Guess my ass. Don’t think two more skeleton warriors can defeat me. I still have many skills unused. Just you wait and see."
He took up his stance again, holding his breath and focusing.
Light flickered on his sword tip as energy gathered.
A skill requiring focus probably had considerable power.
Tang Jianfei’s appearance reminded Lin Moyu of Xia Xue, and also had a shadow of Gao Yang.
Like a combination of those two.
Both arrogant and a bit silly.
"If two aren’t enough, then have a few more."
Whoosh, five more skeleton warriors appeared.
Seven skeleton warriors lined up in front of Lin Moyu.
Their shining blades swayed back and forth.
Suddenly the entire arena was filled with a gloomy aura, the temperature dropping.
Tang Jianfei shuddered, his focus skill interrupted, nearly choking.
Cough cough cough!
Tang Jianfei coughed while shouting, "Kid, are you running a skeleton shop? What do you need so many skeletons for?"
Lin Moyu chuckled, "Still want to fight?"
Tang Jianfei snorted coldly, "Fight my ass. Wait till I’m level 40 and second transition, then I’ll fight you!"
With that, he ran to the edge of the arena and jumped off.
Admitting defeat straightforwardly.
One skeleton warrior was hard to deal with, two was already the limit.
Now suddenly seven...
No way to fight.
If he kept fighting, he was afraid he’d be hacked to pieces.
Tang Jianfei was arrogant, but not an idiot.
Lin Moyu won again.
The spectators were speechless for a long time.
It couldn’t be said Tang Jianfei was weak. His skills were definitely not weak.
It could only be said Lin Moyu was too strong.
No, it should be said his skeletons were too strong.
But a question arose - how many skeletons did Lin Moyu actually have?
So far he had shown 8 skeleton warriors and 6 skeleton mages.
Adding up to 14 already.
Some guessed he might have 20, 10 each of warriors and mages.
Others guessed he might have 8 of each.
Exactly how many there were, no one knew except Lin Moyu.
Tang Jianfei’s team was eliminated.
With his strength, if he had met other teams, making the finals definitely wouldn’t have been a problem.
Unfortunately he encountered Lin Moyu, and had to leave early.
The morning matches finally ended.
By now, speculation about the number of Lin Moyu’s skeletons still hadn’t stopped.
Even when the afternoon matches began, people were still guessing and deducing.
In the two consecutive afternoon matches, Lin Moyu didn’t encounter any worthy opponents.
He returned to using skeleton mages to dominate.
An elder tried to restrain the skeleton mage, but when the second and third skeleton mages appeared, they were directly sent off the arena.
After the afternoon matches ended, the list of eight teams entering the finals was announced.
The five teams Jiang Taotao mentioned were all there.
Teams from Eagle Country, Holy Battle Divine Domain, Cherry Blossom Country, Vatican Holy Domain, and Holy Supervision Church, plus Lin Moyu’s team.
There were two other teams, from Summer Capital University and Zhendun University.
Among the eight finalist teams, the Divine Summer Empire took three spots.
Though each group initially had different numbers of participating teams, after today only eight teams remained for the finals in each group.
The light screen covering the sky once again enveloped the competition venue.
Blocking everyone’s view.
Lin Moyu and Ning Yiyi sat on the grass in the residence area.
After several days of competition, 90% of people in the residence area had left.
The entire area became very quiet.
Ning Yiyi leaned on Lin Moyu’s shoulder, "The team finals will end tomorrow, then it’s the individual matches."
"According to past years’ customs, there will also be challenge matches. Will you participate?"
Challenge matches allowed lower level career holders to challenge higher level ones.
Winning would earn rich rewards.
The greater the level gap overcome, the better the reward.
The specific rewards hadn’t been announced yet, but they were sure to be good.
Lin Moyu said, "Teacher told me to participate in the challenge matches, and to go as high as possible."
Ning Yiyi’s face showed a hint of worry. She said softly, "You’ve performed so well, attracting a lot of attention."
"I heard people discussing you today, saying you have great potential and are a leader of the younger generation."
"Some even said you might become a god-level expert in the future, a pillar of the Divine Summer Empire."
Lin Moyu had heard quite a bit of this too.
People who saw him were clearly much more polite, even somewhat respectful.
But that clearly wasn’t what Ning Yiyi wanted to say.
"What’s wrong? You don’t seem like yourself today," Lin Moyu felt Ning Yiyi was a bit strange.
Ning Yiyi bit her lip, "I’m a bit worried. A few days ago our Divine Summer Empire also produced several top-tier geniuses. Though not as good as you, they were also very impressive."
"But later they were all assassinated during trials."
"I’m afraid..."
Lin Moyu smiled, "I know about that. It was even in the news at the time. Don’t worry, I know what I’m doing."
Ning Yiyi sighed, "Anyway, you must be careful. After all, you’re only level 27 now, not even second transition yet."
"Mm, I’ll be careful."
Lin Moyu agreed verbally, looking up at the stars with a hint of killing intent in his eyes.
He had killed quite a few people, and even more demons. By now he had accumulated considerable killing intent.
Once unleashed, it would definitely frighten the faint of heart.
"I hope you’ll make a move."
"Otherwise I’d be a failed bait."
Lin Moyu thought about what Bai Yiyuan had asked him to do.
When told to act as bait, he had agreed without hesitation.
He knew his own situation clearly. To kill him, it would take a top-tier career holder above level 70 to act.
Otherwise, it wouldn’t be so easy.
Ning Yiyi rested her head on Lin Moyu’s arm, not saying more.
Worry remained in her eyes.
Her usual chattering demeanor was gone, becoming much quieter.
The two quietly appreciated the night sky. This feeling seemed not bad either.
The warm sun rose, and the light screen that had covered everything all night disappeared.
Everyone found the entire competition venue had completely changed.
The previous individual arenas were gone.
Now the three sections for the three groups had become three giant arenas.
Each arena was over 200 meters in diameter, providing ample space.
For career holders below level 40, such large arenas were more than enough.
The arena for high-level career holder finals was even larger, 1000 meters in diameter.
Huge formations covered the tops of the arenas.
Each arena not only had referees, but also top healers.
They stood in mid-air, solemnly watching the arenas.
From the preliminaries to now the finals of the Career Holder Tournament,
The Divine Summer Empire officials hadn’t said anything.
There weren’t even any hosts.
Because there was no need.
People came to watch the matches, not to watch hosts.
Perhaps only at the award ceremony would Divine Summer Empire officials appear to say a few words.
"Look, what’s that!"
Suddenly someone pointed to the sky and shouted.