After the dead silence, the gladiator arena erupted with deafening cheers.
"Long Fu, Long Fu!"
"So violent, so brutal, I absolutely love it!"
"Long Fu is definitely the number one Silver Level Duelist!"
"Damn Ice Calamity, this sickly guy, damn it, I misjudged you."
"You are the disgrace of the Snow Elves, disgrace! Ice Calamity, why didn’t you die sooner? You only died after deceiving your compatriots’ money. Damn, you really should have died sooner!"
Some spectators cheered passionately, while others cursed loudly.
Because of the high proportion of gamblers, the audience’s emotions fluctuated quite dramatically.
Yuan Ci gave a thumbs up and laughed heartily while sitting in his seat: "Great, excellent!"
He disguised himself as an ordinary person, but his joyful emotion was undeniably genuine.
Looking at Long Fu standing motionless in the arena, Yuan Ci sighed inwardly: "I didn’t expect Long Fu to be this strong. Now it seems that a Silver Level can slay a Golden Level, even though it’s barely, it’s truly impressive."
"Ice Calamity was once Golden Level, but was completely suppressed by Long Fu, unable to fight back at all."
Yuan Ci’s opinion is the public’s opinion.
In their view, this duel was like this:
At the beginning stage, Ice Calamity didn’t even attempt any probing attacks, directly retreated trying to create distance. Long Fu pursued while shooting crossbow arrows violently.
In the middle stage, "Long Fu" (Zong Ge) continuously threw melee weapons, even flinging out the Golden Flower Steel Saw, successfully binding Ice Calamity. Looking at it now, it’s clear that Long Fu’s tactics were premeditated, with clever little tricks, successfully dragging the fight into close combat.
In the subsequent stage, "Long Fu" (Zong Ge) quickly switched weapon forms, carried out a frenzied attack. In the first two or three rounds, Ice Calamity still tried counterattacking. But later, he became increasingly flustered, blocking left and right, constantly getting heavily beaten by Zong Ge.
In the final stage, Ice Calamity unleashed the Ice Frost Aura, his last defiance. But Zong Ge stood firm, neither dodging nor evading, as if completely unaffected, directly took down Ice Calamity.
The final slaughter, although bloody and cruel, indeed pushed this duel to its climax!
Yuan Ci is a Silver Level Mage, not a fighter, and couldn’t discern more details. His perception was also that of the majority.
Originally, it was thought to be evenly matched, at least Ice Calamity and Long Fu could pose mutual threats. The result, however, was a one-sided crush.
This is also why those who lost their bets were so resentful.
Ice Calamity was too disappointing for those who bet on him!
Zong Ge achieved his pre-battle goal. Not only did he win quickly, but it was a major victory!
"With Ice Calamity dead, Shi Liu should be next in line."
"Youth is wonderful, so full of energy!"
"I’m starting to like this young man now." For a moment, Yuan Ci’s fondness for "Long Fu" (Zong Ge) greatly increased.
Mifang, on the other hand, wished for "Long Fu" (Zong Ge) to die right now. The result of this duel was not what he wanted.
"Long Fu has detoxified the poison in him?"
"Can’t tell, can’t see it at all."
"Mainly, that garbage Ice Calamity was too weak, didn’t apply any pressure, instead became a punching bag."
Yes, weak.
This is Mifang, the Golden Level Duelist’s overall assessment of Ice Calamity.
To elaborate, there would be many aspects.
For example, Ice Calamity’s execution of pre-designed tactics was seriously inadequate.
During the actual confrontation, Ice Calamity couldn’t withstand the tremendous pressure exerted by Long Fu’s proxy, often failed to react in time during many offenses and defenses, revealing his weak nature beyond doubt.
In the end, when he finally reacted, he used his trump card. Meanwhile, Long Fu acted decisively without hesitation, struck when necessary, without any delay or drag. For instance, Long Fu shot arrows with the crossbow, exhausting all carried arrows to create an opportunity, laying a solid foundation for the ensuing melee. Instead of hesitating or worrying that exhausting arrows would reduce long-range fighting capabilities.
"However, this battle wasn’t without its gains."
"At least, Long Fu took the Ice Frost Aura, now has the effects of the [Beautiful Future] Magic Potion on him."
Mifang watched Zong Ge in the arena carefully, the latter continued to stand proudly.
The arena staff cautiously entered, approached him, said a few words, then led Zong Ge off the stage.
Zong Ge walked into the duelist entrance channel as if nothing happened, with a calm expression.
He Gaitou looked at Zong Ge’s stance, deeply frowned.
"I was targeted!"
"I was severely targeted!"
Reflecting on this duel, he realized: obviously, his tactics were countered.
Ice Calamity opted for a guerrilla strategy, while Zong Ge chose a strong offensive, directly aggressive, leaving Ice Calamity no breathing room.
Even the equipment was targeted.
Zong Ge wielded two Offensive Chameleons, with part disguised as Golden Flower. Although a minor trick, it was indeed effective.
"They must have known Ice Calamity’s previous fighting habits and styles, then targeted them."
"Damn, Ice Calamity was too weak."
He Gaitou had not considered changing Ice Calamity’s tactics.
But in the short term, it’s simply impossible.
Habits are extremely difficult to change.
Even if they can be changed, the cost is too high. The main issue is that Ice Calamity is fundamentally weak. He has always hidden in the Ice Prison, merely to prolong his life and enjoy it, without much daily training; his fundamental skills have already decayed. Although not entirely hollow, compared to "Long Fu," it is quite apparent.
In the short term, bringing him to the dueling field necessitates consumptive tactics.
Hogaitou really didn’t have a second choice; he could only conduct restorative training for Ice Calamity, with no additional time for anything else.
"Sigh, the Frost Aura surprisingly brought about the effects of [Beautiful Future] magic potion, giving me too many surprises."
The reason Hogaitou devised consumptive tactics was that Ice Calamity was originally adept at this, and in the short term, could only execute this tactic. On the other hand, it was due to his Frost Aura.
Consumptive warfare is often a long battle, and over time, the cumulative effect of the magic potion can lead to qualitative change, resulting in Ice Calamity’s victory.
Hogaitou’s expectations were raised too high, inevitably suffering severe impacts. However, the results were truly disappointing! Although Ice Calamity successfully deployed the Frost Aura, the actual duration was very limited.
Zong Ge’s decision not to dodge or evade, and to swiftly slay Ice Calamity, was incredibly wise.
This resulted in the time he truly bathed in the aura being the shortest.
For a moment, Hogaitou could only console himself: "It’s okay."
"Even though I failed, wasn’t Mifang also like this?"
"I’m not the first to fail."
"I didn’t directly kill Long Fu, but he still got hit, significantly weakened. The effects of [Beautiful Future] magic potion aren’t so easily removed!"
Hogaitou also gained something this time.
Although Ice Calamity died in battle, through this action, he has already expressed his positive attitude to Mei Lin, significantly bridging the gap between them.
Zong Ge walked into the duelist’s passage, already out of sight.
Other staff had begun to organize the audience for orderly departure.
The audience left much earlier than usual.
The main reason was that the duel arena owner saw everyone’s emotions were too intense, worrying about fights or other bad occurrences, so they evacuated the crowd early.
Hua Tang also followed the crowd, gradually leaving.
His ability to disguise was strong, and at this moment, his face was gloomy, muttering, seemingly cursing Ice Calamity and Long Fu, obviously having lost money on bets.
In reality, he successfully captured the magic image, completing the basic task, and could report back to Mei Lin.
However, in his heart, it was like a layer of dark cloud had accumulated.
Unlike others’ focus, what flashed in Hua Tang’s mind was the scene of Zong Ge manipulating two Offensive Chameleons, relentlessly attacking.
"I didn’t expect Long Fu to have such strong weapon mastery."
This battle showcased the strength of a Weapons Master, unveiled by Zong Ge’s Offensive Chameleon tactics.
The various combat skills he demonstrated were quite common, yet paired exceedingly well with his weapons.
Each time Zong Ge transformed his weapon, he chose it appropriately.
In the battle with Teng Donglang, he displayed his hand-to-hand combat skills.
In this battle, his weapon mastery was breathtaking.
Even if he’s not a [Weapons Master], one might think he’s almost there at this level.
Although Hua Tang had previously clashed with "Long Fu" (Zong Ge), the process was too brief to let Hua Tang truly experience what a [Weapons Master] was.
"Long Fu’s combat power is indeed strong."
"In this battle, he didn’t utilize his full power."
"At least his hand-to-hand combat skills, his Divine Arts enhancement, were not displayed."
Zi Di’s face was full of joy as she followed Zong Ge into the duelist’s passage.
"Squad Leader, are you alright? Do your injuries need treatment?" Zi Di’s thoughts contradicted her facial expression.
The effect of the [Beautiful Future] magic potion is accelerated time.
The advertisement for the magic potion when it was launched was "A Beautiful Future, Here Now."
In the initial phase after taking the magic potion, it indeed works. It accelerates a Transcendent’s time, hastening the achievements of cultivation, thereby shortening the growth cycle.
But the Divine power in the Time Ice becomes uncontrollable in the mid to late phase of taking the potion.
All aspects of the potion taker’s time could be accelerated.
For example, lifespan; accelerated time results in reduced life.
Another example is the operation of fighting energy. When using a combat skill, if a part of the fighting energy’s operation speeds up, it’s very easy to cause the combat skill to fail and backfire.
Another example is eating. The action of eating is accelerated, chewing and swallowing quickly, but not the stomach. Then it leads to a large amount of food accumulating, causing indigestion.
The key issue is that Transcendents have poor perception of their accelerated time, almost unaware. Among the unfortunates of that year, someone ate too quickly, and without timely sense of time alarm, caused the stomach to rupture due to a large amount of food.
Zong Ge glanced at Zi Di and laughed heartily: "Don’t worry, I’m fine, these injuries have almost no effect on me."
In front, the guiding staff spoke respectfully: "Lord Long Fu, you indeed are impressive. Your performance in this battle was so excellent, so spectacular."
"Hahaha." Zong Ge laughed aloud.
Zi Di’s heart sank to the bottom.