Sacred Souls: Genesis-Chapter 268 - 266 Hit Your Horse
Chapter 268: Chapter 266 Hit Your Horse!
Chapter 268: Chapter 266 Hit Your Horse!
Zhao Mingwei followed Rain Song’s advice. From the start, his goal was to destroy Thorne’s branch.
With the state of the dragon and tiger roar of the Telekinesis Beast enveloping Zhao Mingwei, Thorne had already charged in front of Zhao Mingwei, thrusting the branch in his hand directly toward Zhao Mingwei’s chest.
The Telekinesis Energy Shield expanded beside Zhao Mingwei. The branch’s thrust shattered Zhao Mingwei’s shield instantly.
The moment the Telekinesis Energy Shield shattered, Zhao Mingwei’s Charged Thought Cannon was also released. Thorne easily dodged the oncoming Charged Thought Cannon, and the branch in his hand punctured Zhao Mingwei’s chest in the blink of an eye.
At that moment, Zhao Mingwei used the most basic sidekick skill, which was one of the few skills among Mind Energy Masters that could add a super armor effect.
The super armor state lasted just under 0.3 seconds, enough to withstand the damage and stiffness caused by the branch in Thorne’s hand.
But under the high-speed thrust, Thorne even paused his branch for a brief moment, a pause so slight it was imperceptible to the naked eye.
As Zhao Mingwei’s super armor wore off, and his sidekick was launched, Thorne’s branch also changed, sweeping toward Zhao Mingwei’s other leg.
Zhao Mingwei knew how to adapt as well. This move was mandatory for all high-end Holy Spirit players. Zhao Mingwei’s sidekick was not aimed at launching his opponent into the air, but rather—it was meant to…
See through it.
Zhao Mingwei stepped directly onto the branch Thorne swept toward him, but Thorne’s branch was faster. The great force immediately made Zhao Mingwei lose his balance and fall sideways.
As he fell, Zhao Mingwei chose not to immediately brace himself, but instead… grabbed Thorne’s sword-wielding arm.
He caught it!
In mid-air, Zhao Mingwei suddenly struck out. The phantom formed by the dragon and tiger opened its huge maw and bit down hard on Thorne’s arm.
A damage value of -512 appeared above Thorne’s head. Not long after the damage emerged, Zhao Mingwei, using Thorne’s arm, landed, while Thorne turned his branch and aimed it at Zhao Mingwei’s forehead.
But Zhao Mingwei used that moment to release his hold and directly faced Thorne, unleashing Lion Roar.
Thorne was hit by Lion Roar but did not enter a daze, yet the branch in his hand disintegrated under the telekinetic bite of the Lion Roar.
It worked!
As Zhao Mingwei saw the branch in Thorne’s hand shatter, he faintly heard the cheers from the surrounding arena, but the cheers did not last long, as the players watching saw only Zhao Mingwei being instantly knocked to the edge of the arena.
Zhao Mingwei hit the air wall at the edge of the arena, adjusted his posture, and landed again, looking at Thorne who was now empty-handed in the distance.
Lion Roar had indeed hit Thorne, and now blood was oozing from his ears—clearly his eardrums had been ruptured by Lion Roar. Yet, Thorne’s face was still adorned with an excited smile.
“The branch you used as a sword is destroyed. If we continue, you’ll be the one getting hurt,” Zhao Mingwei said, knowing full well that Thorne was actually a real person… Fist to fist, Zhao Mingwei had the advantage.
Because the telekinetic assault from Zhao Mingwei would still inflict damage, even if Thorne blocked the attack with his fist.
The branch was his only ‘long-range’ method of attack.
“Did you think without a branch acting as a sword… I can’t make slashing attacks?” Thorne stretched out one hand and made a hand blade gesture, “A sword… is not such an inconvenient thing!”
Is this… the second phase?
Zhao Mingwei glanced at Rain Song, who was standing on the second floor. Catching Zhao Mingwei’s gaze, he could only helplessly shake his head, indicating that he hadn’t expected this either.
In the moment Zhao Mingwei was distracted, Thorne’s face had already appeared in front of Zhao Mingwei. His left hand, transformed into a hand blade, slashed like a sharp dagger toward Zhao Mingwei.
Zhao Mingwei raised his hand to block Thorne’s slash, but he realized he had misjudged the direction. Thorne was still using a thrust.
The dagger-like left hand moved from down to up, piercing directly into Zhao Mingwei’s throat. As Zhao Mingwei was sent flying, the Spiritual Energy Orbs around him, under his control, were also released and hit Thorne.
This stopped Thorne from advancing further. Zhao Mingwei completed a perfect recovery landing and then charged at Thorne again.
The battle lasted less than three minutes, and in the end, Zhao Mingwei managed to reduce Thorne’s health by 5700 points at the cost of… being killed by Thorne’s direct sword that completely zeroed out his life.
For a moment, all the Holy Spirits at the scene were silent. After being transported out of the arena, Zhao Mingwei sat down on the ground somewhat silently, lost in thought.
But the thoughts emerging in the minds of the other players around were… “Damn you!”
“It’s finally my turn.” Another player, charged with spirit, was about to enter the arena to challenge Thorne when Mo Shigui stretched out his hand and laid it on his shoulder, stopping him from proceeding with that plan.
“Let’s give up this strategy area. We’ll change our main strategy area to New World Square,” Mo Shigui said.
“Huh? Thorne’s health has already been reduced by 5700 by Laughing Master, leaving him with only 19,000 health points. Can’t a few of us just go up and casually take him down?” Mommy Has a Dog was puzzled about why they were giving up at this time.
Eternal·Thorne’s health would not recover, and their objective was not to defeat Thorne, but to reduce Thorne’s health. Currently, the strategy with the highest sharing rate at Blossom Square was indeed from the Nameless Guild, to which Zhao Mingwei belonged.
“It was Boss Yin’s order,” Mo Shigui said.
“Boss Yin?”
Mo Shigui posted a video link in the Holy Spirit Guild’s fierce debate group and then sent out the chat record with Boss Yin to all guild members.
The content of the video link was ‘Coca-Cola Frenzy Home Player Caramel against the new overlord of Holy Spirit, Eternal·Thorne… a bitter defeat.’
The chat record from Boss Yin was, ‘I also really want to take over the Blossom Square area, but for the club and the reputation of the players, Coach Song, I think it might be better to change our target.’
Mo Shigui saw this decision as incomparably correct; more and more people in reality started paying attention to this duel at Blossom Square, and while being abused by artificial intelligence was nothing new for professional players, it still wasn’t quite respectable to mention.
As players, they could shamelessly fight for Thorne’s blood without any scruples. However, those who were technically able to chip away at Thorne’s health were mostly professional-level players, and the burden of being idols… actually still existed.
“White Snake, your magical control causes extensive damage over a wide area; you don’t need to face him head-on…”
Caramel, upon learning that the next to go was White Snake from Vibrant Nucleus, hurried over to Vibrant Nucleus’ side to start explaining the next phase of the strategy.
The delectable White Snake glanced at Caramel, then at Mo Shigui, and finally made a hand clasping gesture to Caramel before saying…
“Farewell.”
“You’re leaving? Xiao Nan is about to come and turn things around.”
Caramel turned around to see the members of Vibrant Nucleus already turning their backs to leave Blossom Square. As Mo Shigui passed by Caramel, he patted his shoulder.
The gesture roughly meant, take care.
Vibrant Nucleus was the first to withdraw from the contest for the Blossom Square area, followed closely by Abyss Temple. Can Xin followed the members of Vibrant Nucleus, swearing as they left Blossom Square.
After Mo Shigui had passed that video to the Holy Spirit fierce debate group, chairpersons from various guilds analyzed it and realized that they might be able to grind down Thorne’s health completely, but they were risking not just in-game character health but also their professional players’ popularity.
“You guys… Chairman, don’t you also…” Unable to persuade Mo Shigui and his group to return, Caramel, looking dejected, approached Caramel.
“I also want you to keep going, but Xue Bi just now had a knife at my throat; Fire Pot Little Prince played his hand cruelly.” Bubble didn’t want to quit the contest for Thorne.
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However, the video of Caramel losing to Thorne was already circulating online, and additionally, esports fans, having heard the news, started gathering at Blossom Square.
Xue Bi even went offline to visit the real-life Blossom Square for this, only to find that fans of various teams had surrounded the first to fifth floors of Blossom Square, even bringing out their support banners.
They had clearly come to watch the ‘First Holy Spirit All-Star Game.’
But what was the ‘First Holy Spirit All-Star Game’ about? Eight major club’s professional players getting thoroughly trounced by NPCs of Holy Spirit.
Xue Bi weighed the pros and cons and decided not to let Caramel continue to fight.
“Sigh…” Caramel heaved a long sigh; having that segment recorded and posted online initially seemed insignificant to him—getting wiped out by a boss in an instance is a normal occurrence.
But he was a professional player, one who should be dominating games to the point of admiration. In fans’ eyes, a godly player should only ever be outplayed by other godly players.
Caramel, feeling helpless, followed Bubble, leaving Blossom Square with a host of other club players who had also given up on challenging Thorne. Among the silhouettes stepping out of Blossom Square, only Zhao Mingwei was slowly advancing towards Thorne.
As he passed Caramel, Zhao Mingwei suddenly said…
“You’ve worked hard; leave the remaining health to us.”
Caramel abruptly turned around… It was at this moment Caramel realized that out of the original twenty-three-member challenge team against Thorne, only seven were left, all of whom were high-scoring players from the competitive arena.
They had no professional team idols to worry about, only desiring the 630,000 and the thrill of battling and defeating this formidable boss.
“Chairman, is it still possible to apply for retirement now?” Caramel suddenly blurted out this question.
“Are you crazy? Do you want to have Xue Bi put a knife to your throat?” Bubble looked around warily, scared that Xue Bi might unexpectedly produce a knife and threaten him.
“Just saying, Chairman, do you think there will be a Holy Spirit professional league?”
Caramel followed Bubble out of Blossom Square, his words just bluster. If he really wanted to retire, it would either be after winning a world championship or when he could no longer compete; such was his dedication and obsession with the game Spatium, as well as his responsibility to his professional circle.
Yet this game, Holy Spirit… it… was unreasonable. It was like having a pretty wife, a happy life, and then suddenly a prettier, nicer girl disrupts his life, making him think of her constantly.
Caramel thought that after returning, he would probably be preoccupied with how to defeat Thorne, and other players defeated by Thorne would likely be doing the same.
“There should be a professional league; it’s just not clear what the officials have in mind,” Bubble opined as he looked back at Blossom Square.
