BXBX NOVEL Chapter 81: Mastery Level [Bloody Rush]
Faye\'s expression shifted repeatedly, displaying a deep sense of dread.
As they exchanged words, the audience and NPCs below were left bewildered. Faye\'s control of the entire arena with a water screen wasn\'t even her true strength.Wasn\'t the difficulty of this hidden trial quest a bit too high?
Two formidable characters in a row?
At this moment, most people had subconsciously accepted that the terrifying meteor from earlier was indeed the handiwork of "David."
Moreover...
Many players started getting excited. If Faye was hiding her true strength, could she defeat this David?
After all, he was a player from the Earthlings, inherently having a poor relationship with most of the people present. Moreover, all kinds of taunts had already been uttered earlier. At this point, the players couldn\'t back down and could only hope that "David" would lose as miserably as possible!
But...
Players looked at the slowly repairing ground of the arena, recalling the terrifying meteor from earlier.
Could Faye win?
Suddenly...
A player of an alien race, with purple-brown skin and wearing a cloak, stood up.
"Faye, come on!"
"You must defeat him!"
His eyes were fervent, almost pleading as he shouted.
Then came the support from countless players in the stands!
"Don\'t lose! Use your trump card!"
"Faye, we believe in you!"
"David, you\'ll be the one to be defeated!"
Yes! They knew Faye\'s chances of winning were slim, and even hiding a trump card wouldn\'t match the meteor\'s level of destruction!
But it wasn\'t about winning or losing now!
She was their only hope! Faye was the only one still standing here!
for a moment, the atmosphere was electric, and everyone was united in their collective hope.
Faye, however, remained unaffected by the factors in the arena. She took a deep look at Sterl, closed her eyes for a moment, and then, as if making a resolute decision, said, "Watch closely for the next move."
The girl\'s previously gentle tone became extremely firm, her speech somewhat archaic.
Boom!!
A mighty torrent surged wildly. To Sterl\'s surprise, Faye didn\'t use Mastery, nor did she employ any skill from her stats panel.
With a casual wave, she unleashed the same water screen as before, only with greater power, a higher range, and a deeper color.
As the torrent approached Sterl, he remained incredibly calm.
Until—his expression changed. Countless streams of water simultaneously froze into frost, transforming into thousands of piercing blades!
The vast water screen instantly turned into an unstoppable force of weaponry!
After what seemed to be Faye\'s full-force attack, countless players in the stands showed looks of anticipation. In that split second, they had already begun their daydreams—
For instance, players speculated that David might not be able to unleash another powerful move so soon after his previous one. They also wondered if Faye\'s devastating attack might instantly defeat David.
However, at this moment, Sterl didn\'t use any celestial power. Instead, he tilted his head back and drank a stamina potion. Utilizing the dual teleportation abilities of the Starfield and Bloody Rush...
He transformed into multiple afterimages within the arena. Despite the formidable power of Faye\'s frost blades, they couldn\'t hit him!
Instead, Sterl closed the distance between them. He conjured a long sword with the Star Blade and, thanks to the Proficiency in Multiple Martial Arts, easily dominated the close combat against the Water Blue Clan\'s saintess.
Slash! Slash! Slash!
Sterl swiftly swung his blade. Faye couldn\'t dodge in time and was repeatedly slashed, while her frost-forged weapons couldn\'t even graze Sterl\'s clothes!
The dual teleportation combined with the stamina potion allowed Sterl\'s Bloody Rush to operate almost continuously. His terrifying mobility left Faye with no means of resistance!
Sterl grew more exhilarated with each strike, entering a flow state. Both his Proficiency in Multiple Martial Arts and Bloody Rush skills were rapidly advancing.
[Your [Mastery: Proficiency in Multiple Martial Arts] has improved, proficiency +3]
[Your...]
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[You have used the skill [Bloody Rush]. Proficiency +2, current proficiency: (4881/5000) Mastery.]
[You have used...]
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It\'s often said that real combat can significantly boost a player\'s abilities. Sterl, without realizing it, was developing his potential under the intense pressure of Faye\'s frost blade pursuit!
Not only did the proficiency of his Proficiency in Multiple Martial Arts skill skyrocket, but the Bloody Rush skill, which he had been using intensively, was nearing mastery—a qualitative leap!
Meanwhile, Faye, after unleashing a wave of frost blades, was starting to falter. But noticing David\'s special state, she hesitated for a few seconds before closing her eyes in contemplation. Then, resolutely, she chose to persist, continuing to release her frost blades and prolonging the battle.
However, the players below couldn\'t fully grasp this strategy and grew increasingly anxious.
"Hang in there! I can\'t believe he can dodge forever!"
"So close! Why can\'t it just hit once?!"
"Just one hit would do!!"
They were desperate to jump in and replace Faye in the chase against David.
Only a few stronger players paused, then couldn\'t help but commend, "The Water Blue Clan\'s saintess has some tricks up her sleeve!"
"David\'s going to owe her a big one for this."
They also realized that David was in a state of "enlightenment," and Faye, as his opponent, was helping him improve his skill proficiency at the cost of exhausting her own energy!
For a moment, the atmosphere in the arena grew tense, filled only with the roaring sound of frost blades sweeping through.
About thirty minutes later.
The effects of the stamina potion Sterl drank had finally worn off. He gradually pulled himself out of the deeply immersive state of skill execution.
Standing still, he noticed that Faye had conjured another dozen ice blades.
This time, Sterl felt a sudden clarity. He channeled his inner energy and activated Bloody Rush, a technique originating from a God-level demon—the Blood Archduke. This time, it shone with unprecedented brilliance.
Sterl felt that, unlike before when using Bloody Rush would make his body feel light and propel him dozens or even hundreds of meters, he could now distinctly sense the world slowing down. The once-speedy ice blades seemed to crawl like turtles in his eyes. He could even see, from a distance, the veins and spittle of the spectators in the arena as they shouted.
Sterl dashed forward at a leisurely pace, casually circling behind Faye as if on a stroll. Then, he thrust his blade.
To the players and NPCs watching, it appeared as follows:
"David" flickered and appeared right behind Faye. Before she could react, his blade had already pierced her body, stabbing straight through her heart!
Faye instantly turned into light and dissipated, reappearing on the spectator stands.
She sat in her seat, shaking her head as if waking from a dream.
Faye closed her eyes, internally exclaiming in astonishment, "Lady Felicia... did we lose?"
Had any NPCs present heard Faye\'s inner thoughts, they would have been immensely shocked. These NPCs, well-versed in history, knew that the name of the first semi-god player born at the rise of the Water Blue Clan was—Felicia.
According to legend, Felicia, along with a demigod from the Earthling race and several other demigod companions, ventured into a mysterious realm in search of an opportunity to ascend to godhood. Since then, all of them have disappeared, and it has been over 600 years now.
No one would have guessed that the legendary figure was now inhabiting the body of a descendant from the Water Blue Clan.
What left Faye in disbelief was that even when facing some powerful third class opponents, her ancestor\'s possession would allow her to win easily. Her vast frost blade array was nearly impossible to dodge, no matter how fast the opponent.
Felicia communicated with her descendant in the sea of consciousness: "That Earth human player is highly unusual. One of his teleportation abilities is beyond my comprehension, seemingly borrowing the power of the stars, which suggests a very high-level special ability."
"The other appears to be a god-given skill!"
"If he were using just one of these abilities, I could counter it. But with both combined, we stand no chance!" Felicia\'s tone carried a hint of surprise. Could it be that she had fallen behind the times? Could it be that I had already fallen behind the times? In recent years, there had actually been players like this in[Transcendence]. A mere second class, yet with such overwhelming strength?
Upon hearing this, Faye was stunned. Was this a joke? Her ancestor was a semi-god!
A demi-god, capable of etching her existence into history and optimizing her initial class to an S-rank. Could "David\'s" teleportation abilities really surpass even that?