As for the players who had died during the battle, Asuna and the others were not worried. After all, Chen Luo had already told them that those people would be revived eventually; it was only a matter of time. Asuna could no longer wait to bring her friend back.
After entering the second phase, the Boss drew a weapon from behind its waist.
The moment Kirito saw that weapon, his pupils contracted.
"This weapon... is different from the beta test!"
During the closed beta, the boss's second-phase weapon had been a scimitar, but now it had become a Katana.
So this was what the developers meant by "please refer to the official release"?
At that moment, a humanlike slyness flashed through the Boss's eyes!
"Not good, fall back!" The instant Kirito saw the boss's movements, he knew what it was about to do and shouted urgently.
"It's going to use an area attack!"
In SAO, different weapons had different Sword Skills.
And a Katana... in a BOSS's hands, could unleash a Sword Skill entirely different from that of a scimitar.
But it was already too late. In SAO, once a Sword Skill's stance had been assumed, it could not be canceled. The attack had to be carried out.
The party leader could no longer control his body.
This setting was just like in some game where, once you pressed your ultimate, you could not cancel it because the game did not let you jump.
So were you going to add an ultimate-cancel button or not?
The boss leaped into the air, dodged the party leader's Sword Skill, and the Katana in its hand ignited with red flames.
A high-damage, wide-range ultimate, the Katana's universal Sword Skill—Floating Cart!
After the boss landed, a shockwave swept out, blasting countless players into the