Eighty Consecutive Wins!
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On the ring, Utred was clearly well-prepared.
As soon as he finished speaking, he raised his hand, and countless crystal-clear water droplets quickly condensed in the air. These droplets instantly solidified into hundreds, each the size of a thumb, and poured out like a torrential rain in the direction of Dokter.
"When facing an opponent who doesn't have a significant advantage in defense or speed, this kind of concentrated, area-of-effect attack, while unlikely to inflict much damage, will undoubtedly suppress the opponent immediately, allowing you to firmly control the rhythm of the battle," Utred said calmly as he attacked. He was likely speaking to his sister, clearly treating this battle as a practical combat lesson.
Of course, Lyle wasn't the only one who heard these words; everyone watching the match did too.
After this move, although everyone knew that Dokter wasn't going to lose, they all felt that his chances of winning were slim.
Seeing that Dokter was completely submerged by the water droplets, Gu Ding and his group did not react much.
Some people noticed that Gu Ding and the others did not show any signs of worry, and they immediately turned their attention back to the ring, guessing that Dokter might have a backup plan.
Just then, a cold glint pierced through the torrential rain, like a thunderclap in the downpour, drawing a Silver Radiance across the sky. That Silver Radiance was aimed directly at Utred's throat.
Utred, who was also a demigod like Lyle, naturally knew how terrifying this attack was. He tapped his toes and immediately retreated, completely interrupting the second wave of water droplet attacks that were still gathering.
At this moment, the torrential rain that had engulfed Dokter finally subsided. When the mist cleared from the arena, his figure was revealed, completely unharmed.
"I think you've misunderstood something. In defense, I have a much greater advantage than you." With a flick of his wrist, Dokter unleashed eleven more cold blades that shot out in succession along different trajectories. The twelve throwing knives instantly formed an encirclement around Utred.
Utred swept his hand across the void, and a layer of water instantly condensed in the air, completely isolating him within it. Under the ripples of the water curtain, even his figure became somewhat indistinct.
"It seems I really underestimated you," Utred finally said.
Dokter ignored his defense and instead controlled the throwing knife to crash directly into him.
Twelve throwing knives struck the water curtain in succession, creating ripples, but not a single knife made any breakthrough. However, Dokter did not give up, but continued to control the knives to bombard the water again and again.
"Don't waste your energy. Your attacks are completely ineffective against this water curtain." After being attacked three times in a row, Utred couldn't help but speak up. "I learned this move from an ancient civilization's ruins. Every time this water curtain is attacked, it ripples, and those ripples quickly deflect the opponent's attack power into the ground. No matter how many times you attack, you can't break through this water curtain."
"His defensive method is indeed quite unique. If he can't shatter that water curtain in one strike, no matter how many times he attacks, it's useless. Because the ripples will keep deflecting the force." Bigge quickly saw through the true nature of this move.
"This opponent is indeed a challenge for Dokter, exposing many of his weaknesses." Gu Ding also began to feel that it would be difficult for Dokter to win this match. This opponent could restrain Dokter in many ways; if it were Liliath or Elsa instead, winning wouldn't be difficult.
"However, since the opponent has created a water barrier for himself, he can only use ranged attacks. But Dokter is wearing Four-Star Divine Object Armor. Even if he can't unleash even one ten-thousandth of its power, his opponent is only barely at the level of Mid-rank God. Even just based on the hardness of the Four-Star Divine Object Armor, it's unlikely that the opponent can inflict a fatal wound on Dokter. It will be difficult for Dokter to win, but it will probably be just as difficult for the opponent." Liliath analyzed the current battle situation very clearly.
On the arena, Dokter finally spoke, "No matter how strong your water curtain is, there is a limit to what it can withstand. Since the attacks have been ineffective, the water curtain will naturally collapse as long as a single attack exceeds its capacity. If you could defend against any attack, you wouldn't be stuck at the 988th floor."
"It doesn't matter that you saw through this, because your attack power can't possibly exceed the defensive limit of my water curtain. In your entire Pirate Crew, I estimate that only Bigge has this ability." Utred's words clearly underestimated the fighting power of the Gu Ding Team. After all, none of them have been able to unleash their full Combat Strength in the arena yet, so it's normal for outsiders to underestimate them like this.
Dokter didn't refute anything, because he was prepared to let the facts speak for themselves. After taking a deep breath, he suddenly closed his eyes, and in his Soul Space, a jet-black eye slowly opened. This was the four-star soul artifact he had bought from the Oul Ruins — the Black Jade Dark Eye.
After the eyeball in the Soul Space opened, Dokter's eyes also suddenly opened. His eyes, too, turned completely black, without any whites or irises, like an unfathomable abyss after dark clouds have covered the sky at night.
Those pure black eyes sent a shiver down Utred's spine.
Just then, a Black Radiance streaked across the void at a speed a hundred times faster than the previous flying knife. Even with Gu Ding's eyesight, he could only barely catch a glimpse of the trajectory of that flying knife.
His attack even filled Liliath was standing below the ring, with shock.
The Black Radiance appeared without warning and crashed into the water curtain. It paused for less than a fraction of a second before everyone heard a sharp crack. The water curtain shattered completely, and Utred was still raising his hand to condense water droplets in the void, stopped abruptly.
In the void, the water droplets completely vanished, and the water curtain, which possessed terrifying defense, shattered like glass, turning into fragments that scattered in the air before slowly dissipating.
Utred looked down at his chest in disbelief. Right in the center, there was a gaping hole, and cracks were spreading outwards from the hole.
"How is this possible?!" Utred's face was full of dejection. "My water curtain is so powerful that even One-Star Mid-rank God's attack cannot break it. How could this be?"
"Nothing is impossible," Dokter's eyes finally returned to normal. He seemed somewhat listless, and his aura was much weaker. Clearly, that attack had cost him a great deal. "This killing move of mine has the power of a full-force Three-Star Mid-rank God."
"Your cultivation level isn't even at the demigod level, how could you possibly have achieved this?" Utred was still somewhat skeptical.
"You underestimated me from the very beginning. My powerful psychic abilities are the result of many factors. First, I've consumed rare and precious Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures; second, I possess secret techniques for amplifying the soul; and third, I also have divine artifacts that amplify the soul." Dokter spoke slowly, seemingly trying to recover his recently depleted soul power. "There's one more thing I must correct you on. If you had encountered someone else from our team instead of me today, you wouldn't have lasted a single round. Within the Gu Ding Pirate Crew, as things stand, I am the weakest."
Dokter's words stunned everyone watching. If Dokter, capable of unleashing an attack comparable to Three-Star Mid-rank God, was the weakest member of the team, then how strong could the strongest be?!
On the arena, after the two finished their conversation, Utred's body began to rapidly disintegrate.
"Next time, I'll challenge you again if I have the chance!" Utred finally calmed down. It wasn't until he lost that he realized that Dokter's overall strength was actually no weaker than his own.
Dokter just smiled noncommittally. He knew that his opponent would be even less likely to win the next challenge, because he would become stronger.
After stepping off the ring, Gu Ding helped Dokter up. He knew that Dokter had been pushing himself to the limit on the ring, and that last move had severely depleted his mental strength.
"Dokter, get out of the arena and rest well," Gu Ding, patting him on the shoulder.
"Hmm," Dokter nodded and left the War God Arena.
Almost simultaneously, a very special bell rang out in the War God Arena.
"Clang... clang... clang..."
This time, the sound of the bells felt even more grand and far-reaching.
Each chime of the bell had a lingering echo of nearly half a minute, and the bell rang ten times in a row before stopping. In contrast, during Gu Ding and his team's previous seventy-game winning streak, the bell only rang seven times each time.
After the bell rang, everyone in the arena stopped what they were doing. Even the online powerhouses above the 900th floor pricked up their ears, waiting for the arena's announcement. They rarely paid attention to the arena's announcements before, but they knew what this special bell meant.
"Congratulations to Dokter, for successfully breaking through the blockade of the 988th floor powerhouse Utred, achieving an eighty-game winning streak, and advancing to the 1000th floor of the arena!"
As soon as this announcement was released, many powerful players above level 900 in the arena who had not previously paid attention to the match began frantically checking the match video and information about Dokter.
Even many online powerhouses above the 1000th floor became curious about Dokter after hearing the announcement.
"Another eighty-game winning streak! This year is really exciting." Above the 1000th floor, an old man reclining on a chaise lounge put down a scripture scroll, stroked his snow-white beard, and opened Dokter's file. After a long while, he nodded. "The Gu Ding Pirate Crew? Interesting..." (To be continued...)