The Floor Boss's Room Appears!...

Stiffness was an issue players had no choice but to take seriously.

Once they used a Sword Skill and fell into stiffness, they effectively lost all means of action during that time, standing rooted to the spot. One mistake could very likely result in a fatal blow!

It was better when fighting in a party. When one player fell into stiffness, other teammates could switch in and take over the monster they were facing, giving the player who had used a Sword Skill time to recover. Even so, they could not let their guard down. Standing completely still was extremely dangerous.

It was even worse for solo players. With no teammates to switch with, there were Sword Skills they had to hold back. Usually, they used weaker Sword Skills to keep the stiffness period from becoming too long, slowly wearing down the monster's HP before finishing it off with a heavy-hitting Sword Skill.

That was why stiffness had always been an issue players could not afford to ignore!

Yet in Wu Yan's hands, this issue that demanded such caution became a performance!

Up ahead, Wu Yan thoroughly demonstrated to Asuna what true skill looked like. The stiffness players dreaded became like a dance pose in his hands. While stiffened, his body repeatedly surged forward on momentum, dodging left, slipping right, leaping back. Other than his rigid body revealing that he was in a stiffened state, it practically looked like a performance! Once the stiffness ended, flashes of heavy Sword Skill effects erupted one after another, leaving Asuna staring in stunned amazement.

It was not as though Asuna had never seen Wu Yan fight. Although he was a solo player, she had watched him during the first-floor Floor Boss battle, the Christmas Special Boss battle, and even his duel with Heathcliff.