Chapter 413
"You have obtained 3 Poison Coating"
"You have obtained Stealth Spell Jade *6"
"You have obtained one Supreme Primal Stone (Special Aether: Shadow)"
On the No Returner Arena.
The intense clashes between the two sides gradually took a turn for the worse.
On the surface.
The two sides fought evenly and were evenly matched.
But in fact...
Roger is doing whatever he wants, relying on his scoundrel specialty of "Skilful Plunder" which is effective in battle!
Slaughter Mask's actual combat ability is not bad.
A battle between two wanderers.
It was inherently full of gamesmanship and probing.
The two moved in exactly the same way.
They attacked and countered each other frantically, like mirror images, dodging and feinting...
Under this premise.
The two sides have a very high frequency of contact.
At least eight strokes per second.
Even more!
This provides fertile ground for the exploitation of "Skilful Plunder".
Despite the fact that Slaughter Mask was on guard.
Roger's success rate in stealing and robbing has dropped significantly.
But the sheer frequency and the risk-free freebies are irresistible!
In just a few minutes.
Slaughter Mask couldn't stand being taken advantage of for free.
He knew it very well.
If this continues...
Let alone killing Roger.
He was about to have all his wealth stolen by this scoundrel! So he decisively ended the probing phase.
Three cold, hard daggers were smashed at his feet.
The next second.
The already oppressive Slaughter Domain radiated even greater power.
He tried to use his superior position to limit Roger's room to maneuver! And this tactic worked.
Both are of the same type of authority.
There isn't much difference in quality.
In terms of quantity.
Roger is still far inferior to Slaughter Mask.
The former's Slaughter Authority Rank has barely been upgraded.
The latter's Slaughter Authority Rank has already condensed into Immortal Stele, making it possible to challenge for immortality.
Previously, the two sides were able to maintain a stalemate in the field.
It's because Slaughter Mask was hiding his true strength.
After this increase in intensity...
Roger immediately felt the pressure.
Despite being supported by a "tyrant".
His current combat power is comparable to that of an immortal.
But the suppression of one's position is still very uncomfortable.
He is now like a small circle.
It was completely encased within the larger circle of Slaughter Mask.
The space lacks ventilation.
The tide of battle is quietly turning.
The most obvious point is...
Roger can no longer use his "Skilful Plunder" to plunder at will!
His positional disadvantage forces him to expend more energy and attention on dodging during battles.
It's fortunate that Roger's Evasion Value is ridiculously high.
Although Slaughter Mask should also have a perk that increases hit rate.
But Roger slipped away each time he tried to stab him.
This comes as Slaughter Mask launches his attack.
The battle intensified.
The two of them were like two shadows flashing back and forth in the air.
Bystanders could only see faint streaks of white light cutting through the air.
But in fact...
Those white lights were traces of battles from at least the previous two rounds.
Slaughter Mask's Attack Speed is extremely fast.
This high-frequency offensive style of play is very suitable for a top-tier roamer like him.
Most people would react strongly to such a fierce attack.
There really aren't any good defensive techniques.
Alternatively, it can transform into a pure, comprehensive defensive barrier, like a shield guardian.
Use impeccable defense to thwart enemy point assassinations.
Either you end up like Roger.
Supported by "Ascension Agility".
Playing a fast-paced game of cat and mouse with Slaughter Mask!...
"Warning: Skilful Plunder has failed!"
"Warning: You have received a groin blow!"
"A crack has appeared in the Myriad Poison Qi..."
"Your specialty - Shrinking Yang Into Abdomen is now working..."
Your health points -1
"What a powerful chisel strike!"
"It actually shocked me!"
As the saying goes...
When you walk by the river, you're bound to get your shoes wet.
After a brief period of adjusting to the intensity of Slaughter Mask's attacks.
Roger couldn't resist touching it again.
As a result, this act of reaching out gave the enemy an opportunity to counterattack!
Slaughter Mask delivered a skillful chisel strike to Roger's vital spot!
If it weren't for his amazing defenses and the ability to Shrinking Yang Into Abdomen to counteract the aftershocks...
It might even cost him 10 health points! That's something Roger can't accept! "Happy times are always fleeting..."
I can feel the loss of life force with precision.
Roger sighed inwardly.
A genuine killing intent flashed in his eyes.
Ultimately.
Slaughter Mask is no pushover either.
When this guy gets serious, he can really go toe-to-toe with Roger.
If you keep fighting with the mindset of stealing or leveling up your skills.
We could easily capsize in a ditch! What's more...
The fact that the opponent can resurrect indefinitely is too unfair!
Roger himself possessed this ability.
Of course, I understand that this means an extremely high margin of error.
This can also be seen from the battle itself—
At the beginning.
The showdown between Slaughter Mask and Roger.
The former is subtly at a disadvantage in terms of technique.
The only way to deal with it is through extremely fast reflexes and superb agility.
As the fighting continued...
He was actually able to put up a fight or two.
And in the subsequent battles.
Roger observed that Slaughter Mask repeatedly used the dirty tricks he had learned from him!
This is not good news.
Roger keenly noticed this.
Slaughter Mask possesses an even stronger ability to learn in battle than he does!
Perhaps Constantine's statement that he can grow through killing doesn't just refer to gaining XP and other benefits by killing monsters.
Rather, he was a combat genius in his own right! It was just that he was limited by the Historical World.
He simply never came into contact with the most advanced combat strategies and techniques.
Compared to Roger.
His playing style is still very methodical.
It's nothing more than straight thrusts, feints, backstabs, kidney strikes, upward slashes, downward slashes... and so on.
These old tricks are effective.
But there is a lack of change.
Roger's fighting style, on the other hand, was much more flamboyant.
Truth and falsehood, reality and illusion, depth and shallowness...
Occasionally, a sudden burst of Miracles Through Strength.
This makes Slaughter Mask a bit difficult to defend against.
If Roger hadn't been obsessed with theft...
Who knows, I might have to take one or two more of their lives.
But later on...
Slaughter Mask also quickly grasped Roger's combat mindset.
In addition, there's the added bonus of the Slaughter Authority Rank.
The situation then became truly tense!
This "chiseling" is a signal.
He managed to steal Roger once.
Then you'll have a chance to steal Roger a second time!
And Roger.
Such a thing must never be allowed to happen!
"The effects of 'Tyrant' are fading rapidly..."
"Calamity continues to descend."
"What a waste of such good materials for farming items and feats!"
Bang! A pure white light pierced the air once again.
Roger was stabbed again in the defensive midfield!
It can be used as a form of reciprocal gift-giving.
Behind the Slaughter Mask, the phantom of Thunderous Strike appeared! It was another long-awaited Godfall Thrust! But this time, luck wasn't on his side.
The "near-death penetration" effect was not achieved.
Roger only brought Slaughter Mask to the Near-Death State! And during the fight...
Roger had already tested Slaughter Mask and discovered that he also possessed 100% toughness.
Near death meant nothing to him! And sure enough.
The latter simply "disappeared" on the spot.
Immediately following is the word "escape".
They escaped Roger's sight immediately!
On the No Returner Arena.
A healing power is stirring in the shadows.
Roger knew it very well.
Slaughter Mask is Concealment somewhere in the Shadow Realm, rapidly regenerating his health.
He did not pursue the matter relentlessly.
Instead, he quickly glanced at the Tinder Pouch.
Not long after.
He held a fiery red stone firmly in his palm.
The next second.
Suddenly, an evil force swept over us like a whirlwind.
A tear appeared on the ring.
In the Shadow Realm.
Countless bursts of blood-red light erupted! In that instant.
Roger caught a fleeting glimpse of something unusual! It was Slaughter Mask holding a bottle of dark red potion, tilting his head back to drink it!
On the data panel.
"Warning: You have detected that Slaughter Mask has taken ' Parasitic God Art Potion: Blood of the People '"
"The Injured Wolf has updated information regarding the Parasitic God Art Potion!"
"Parasitic God Art Potion: A mysterious potion invented by Constantine, made from Dream Ether, which has the wonderful effect of suppressing the drawbacks of Dream Ether and multiplying its fundamental activity."
Note 1: Long-term use of the Parasitic God Art Potion can lead to a person's 'Star Beast Transformation'.
Note 2: The Blood of the People is the highest concentration of the Parasitic God Art Potion, possessing the effect of temporarily enhancing combat power and also allowing one to briefly transform into a Star Beast!
Three seconds later.
A sound like the roar of a star beast came from the crack in the shadows.
Immediately afterwards.
A hunched but towering and terrifying giant figure crawled out of the crack!
His feet were firmly planted on the ground.
He lay prone on the ground.
Like a reptile! His spine rolled like a Rubik's Cube.
His appearance can still maintain a human form.
Yet, his demeanor already screamed that of a star beast! His crimson eyes were indistinguishable from those of the star beasts Roger had seen in the starry sky!...
"Hehehe..."
"I'd like to see where you can still stab me now!"
The strange entity, which consisted only of a human silhouette without facial features or expressions, emitted a hoarse voice.
That sound.
It sounded as if the voice of the Slaughter Mask was intertwined with the voice of an unknown monster! There were even two channels, left and right.
Roger stared at the enormous, strange shadow.
Absolute Insight the quiet initiation.
That instant.
Roger saw that his body was covered with countless translucent daggers.
Each dagger is equipped with an area-of-effect (AOE) damage effect.
In other words.
The surface of this giant, grotesque figure is riddled with traps.
Where did he walk from?
Wherever they went, they had to endure the indiscriminate attacks of those daggers!
in addition.
I don't know when it started.
The monument of the Seven Killings River has returned to his feet.
In the void.
Two cold glints flashed.
One of them was none other than the "No Returner Dagger" that Slaughter Mask had previously taken out.
And another way.
It was an equally sharp and unstoppable dagger:
"The Kingslayer"
"I am the Slaughter Tyrant!"
The giant, monstrous shadow roared to the sky.
The next second.
He plunged both daggers into his own body!
Two beams of light, one yellow and one white, lit up.
In the blink of an eye.
The cold light spread out like a stream of light.
In the blink of an eye.
The yellow and white light of the daggers clung to all the daggers on his body! In Roger's vision.
Lines of red messages were flashing wildly!
"Warning: Slaughter Mask (Star Beast Form) has used ' Dagger Body '!"
"Dagger Body: Makes every inch of your skin covered in daggers, which will launch random attacks on any target around you."
Including assassination, gouging, throat-slitting, forced smearing...
Note 1: If you are attacked by a dagger-type weapon while in ' Dagger Body ' state.
You can then absorb the power of that dagger and transfer it to a regular dagger on your body.
Note 2: In Dagger Body form.
You will be immune to all spells or divine attacks.
"Thank goodness it's not an immune gas..."
"On another note..."
"What's this thing? A ' Dagger Beast '?"
Looking at Slaughter Mask after his 'transformation'.
Roger was somewhat speechless.
It's not because of the other party's energy.
It's simply because he's too ugly.
After the appearance of the "Dagger Beast".
The Extremely Evil Soldier Souls in the Seven Killings River have become even more active.
Roger noticed.
Beside the monument at the Seven Killings River.
The second Immortal Stele is rapidly taking shape! It's quite obvious.
Slaughter Mask's actions were to accelerate the Immortal Ritual! He realized Roger was difficult to deal with.
And on the other side of the Great Flood.
The power of the Calamity Goddess was once again blocked by the Ether Witch—
The former was thrown into the Great Flood of Pearl Plains.
It was absorbed into the divine kingdom unfolded by the Ether Witch without missing a single drop.
This woman's divine realm is quite formidable.
It contained so much water.
There are no signs of it overflowing yet.
In this way...
The disaster has been temporarily alleviated.
Slaughter Mask's killing progress has been greatly delayed.
The Immortal Ritual has naturally stagnated as well.
In this desperate situation.
The reason this fellow suddenly transformed into Dagger Beast is crystal clear!...
"He wants to personally slaughter the hundreds of thousands of humans on Pearl Plains!"
"It is indeed possible to do so with the power of the Dagger Beast."
"In fact."
"He only needs to lie on the ground and crawl across the plain, just like mopping the floor..."
In an instant.
Roger understood Slaughter Mask's intentions.
Since he was the first to violate the dueling rules of the No Returner.
Slaughter Mask naturally wouldn't continue to comply.
in this case.
The two continued their duel.
It's perfectly reasonable for one side to suddenly jump out, kill a bunch of people, level up, and then come back to continue fighting...
As expected.
After strengthening himself with two Demigod Artifact daggers.
Sure enough, the giant shadow crawled towards Pearl Plains! Its movements were incredibly swift.
Like a lizard mimicry expert! Almost in the blink of an eye.
He flattened the uninhabited river valley in the eastern part of the plain!
"Why not just be a human, but insist on becoming a star beast..."
"Anything associated with Dream Ether is definitely no good!"
Roger sighed inwardly.
It seems his clash with Slaughter Mask has come to an end.
The next second.
He took out the Wish Stone that he had Concealment for a long time.
Then it aimed at the climbing Slaughter Mask!...
"Prompt: Use the Wish Stone (Blessing) on Slaughter Mask?"
"Despite being arch-enemies."
But I still pray for you.
"My dear Slaughter Mask, may you never be troubled by the curse in this lifetime!"
Roger delivered his prayer in a very fast voice.
That moment.
Time seemed to stand still.
Especially when I hear the word 'curse'.
The giant, grotesque figure trembled violently! It then let out a strange cry.
It suddenly pounced on a village on the plain.
It's a pity.
In that instant.
A tiny figure, so small he couldn't see it at all, blocked his way! Then...
It was a sudden, intense pain and fainting spell that he couldn't comprehend at all!
A deafening roar followed.
Amidst the horrified gazes of the onlookers.
The ' Dagger Beast ' that was crawling rapidly seemed to have tripped over something.
He fell flat on his face, completely disoriented! Only Roger's stats remained unchanged.
Lines of information recorded the entire process of the battle.
"Log: You used the Wish Stone (Blessing) on Slaughter Mask."
"The 'resurrection curse' on Slaughter Mask has been lifted! He will no longer be able to resurrect using the Copper Coin..."
"Log: You used ' Miniature Me,' and your size has shrunk by 100 times!"
"You used 'Tripping Throw' on Slaughter Mask!"
"The Slaughter Mask (Star Beast Form) has entered Near-Death State!"
"This time."
"It's real death."
Beside the unconscious Dagger Beast.
Roger pulled out a giant sword with his other hand.
He slashed down hard!...
"Notification: You have killed Slaughter Mask (cannot be resurrected)!"
"Extermination Order: You have been granted 9 draw chances!"