Against Thunder
in addition.
The other formidable enemy she had just faced on the battlefield clearly had no intention of leaving her any room for reflection or contemplation.
Click.
A crisp sound of crystal shattering suddenly reached Lu Xiu's ears.
Lu Xiu turned around.
Lei, covered in blood, caught the dark purple crystal that Zane had thrown before he died.
Without the slightest hesitation, he exerted force with his five fingers and crushed it violently!
As the crystal shattered, energy surged into his body like a torrent bursting its banks.
An astonishing change occurred in the blink of an eye.
All of Lei's wounds healed and regenerated at a speed visible to the naked eye.
It only takes the time it takes to breathe.
He then recovered completely.
But the crystal's effects clearly extend far beyond that.
Power boost!
Agility bonus!
Talent skill bonus!
Zzzzz-
Lei sensed the changes in his attributes and his innate skills. He took a deep breath, and extremely violent blue arcs of electricity, like thick lightning snakes, suddenly appeared and began to roam wildly around him.
He suddenly raised the Great Axe in his hand.
At this moment, under the enhancement of the talent skill forcibly amplified by that crystal, the heavy Great Axe was completely submerged by the dazzling azure plasma, transforming into a giant blade of lightning that seemed capable of cleaving the heavens and the earth.
"Open!!!"
Lei let out a furious roar that seemed to shatter the air, his eyes spitting out blue arcs of electricity.
at the same time.
Sizzle!
Boom!
The uncontrollable, violent lightning around him surged wildly outward from his body like Rampage.
Countless thick arcs of electricity struck the scorched ground around them, cracking the hard asphalt surface inch by inch. Countless fragments of stone and dust were pulled up from the ground by the electromagnetic field, swirling and shattering in mid-air!
Talent skill: Collapsing Thunder.
Faced with this terrifying force, as if a thunder god had descended upon the world and could instantly level the entire block, Lu Xiu, who was directly in the eye of the storm, was somewhat surprised.
Electricity?
Sizzle----
It was accompanied by an extremely faint crackling sound of an electric arc.
The Nameless Blade in Lu Xiu's right hand also began to crackle with wisps of electricity.
However, it was completely different from the wild, dazzling, and destructive azure arcs of lightning.
The fine arcs of electricity that moved along the long, slender blade of the Nameless Blade were a bright yellow.
They danced merrily and densely on the cold blade, like living golden threads.
It seems about time----
Lu Xiu ate another serving of rice from Sekiro, maintaining her Atypical Courage state, then felt the slight tingling sensation from the hilt of her sword and looked up at the sky above.
Top of the head.
Within the thick, leaden black clouds, muffled thunder rumbled wildly, and lightning bolts, like swimming dragons, appeared and disappeared in the depths of the clouds.
One of the characteristics of the Nameless Blade is that it can attract lightning during outdoor combat.
In that intense battle where she was fighting two against one, she swung her swords with wide, sweeping strokes, unleashing countless strikes.
This was compounded by the fact that it was a cloudy day to begin with.
Unbeknownst to them, the hidden mechanism of this knife had quietly accumulated to its limit.
[Falling Thunder: In outdoor combat, the lightning arcs released by each strike will not completely dissipate. The residual lightning energy flows back and accumulates along the blade. The more intense the battle and the more frequent the strikes, the faster the accumulation speed. When the accumulation reaches a critical point, the accumulated lightning energy dissipates upwards, eventually creating thunderclouds overhead.]
Once the thundercloud forms, lightning will be attracted to the Adamantite's lightning nature, continuously striking the blade. In this state, the user ignores lightning strikes and doesn't need to accumulate lightning through slashing; heavenly lightning is directly channeled into the blade for combat. The blade is continuously enveloped in intense arcs of lightning, and each slash carries far greater lightning damage than the normally Lightning Infusion.
"Architect!!!"
Lei suddenly roared, his eyes completely filled with blinding lightning, yet it seemed as if one could see the purest killing intent and fanaticism in his eyes through the lightning.
He was like a god.
Suddenly, he raised his Great Axe and charged straight at Lu Xiu.
The speed was extremely fast.
In an instant, the ferocious azure figure traversed dozens of meters, appearing before Lu Xiu with a suffocating sense of oppression!
The thunderous Great Axe, seemingly capable of cleaving anything in two, descended with the devastating force to shatter everything!
Dodge Step.
Lu Xiu's slender and graceful figure was like a flower falling in the wind. Just as the Great Axe was about to touch her hair, she used a series of smooth Dodge Step without warning to create distance.
Boom!!!
The Great Axe slammed down on the spot where Lu Xiu had been standing just a second ago.
A destructive force erupted!
The raging azure lightning surged outwards like a tsunami, cracking the hard asphalt road and turning the flying gravel into dust in mid-air.
The lightning bolt missed its target, and the user let out a furious growl.
He strained his legs, forcefully halting his forward momentum. His massive body whirled around, determined to relentlessly pursue the slender figure, while roaring as if in catharsis, "Try Deflect my attack again!!!"
But the next second...
His movements froze.
Not far away.
Lu Xiu sheathed the Loathing Halberd, tilted her head slightly, her slender waist stretched out, and held the long, Nameless Blade high in one hand.
The blade's tip points straight to the sky.
The next second.
Boom!!!
Above the sky, the thick, dark clouds that had been gathering and suppressing tension for so long seemed to have finally found an outlet.
A bolt of lightning, as thick as a bucket and dazzlingly bright yellow, tore through the dark sky, carrying immense divine power as it cleaved straight down!
The lightning struck Lu Xiu's raised blade with perfect accuracy!
The blinding light instantly illuminated the entire block, but the seemingly world-destroying thunder did not harm Lu Xiu in the slightest.
The violent lightning energy flowed continuously along the blade.
Fine, bright yellow arcs of electricity began to circulate around Lu Xiu's tall, graceful figure.
The Nameless Blade in her hand, which was originally pitch black, was now completely covered by blinding yellow arcs of electricity.
It seemed to have completely transformed into a thunderous blade composed entirely of divine punishment!
Lu Xiu gripped the hilt of the knife and swung it downwards with a sudden burst of electricity. As the lightning crackled, the Nameless Blade, crackling with lightning, stood beside her.
It was as if she held the immense power of heaven and earth in her hands.
It made her appear as if she were the Deity who wielded divine punishment.
Those who were intently watching the battlefield witnessed this incredible scene:
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", whether they are elites in the Strategy Group."
Still, it's the players of Prison Rock.
Even the leaders of the major guilds on the periphery were silent at this moment.
Upon seeing the fine arcs of electricity swirling around Lu Xiu's body, Lei's eyes widened in astonishment.
No!
You can do this too?!
What the hell?!
Is this really Architect???
But before he could think it through, it happened.
Lu Xiu has already made a move.
With a crisp, thunderous roar, the girl vanished in Afterimage, and the Nameless Blade she wielded, like a parallel golden lightning bolt, shot straight toward the thunder in a long, bright yellow trail!
----Play it!
A sense of crisis was driving me crazy.
Lei suddenly realized what was happening and let out a deafening roar.
He no longer had time to ponder why a Architect could summon heavenly lightning.
All he knew was that he absolutely could not lose!
Lei gripped the heavy Great Axe, now completely engulfed in blinding blue plasma, with both hands. His massive body, like a Rampage prehistoric beast, transformed into a raging blue meteor, charging headlong towards Lu Xiu!
On the tattered Maple Leaf Avenue.
One blue, one yellow.
Two figures, each enveloped in lightning, left blinding trails of light on either side of the street, colliding head-on with the resolute force of a comet hitting the earth!
"Mountain Collapse!"
When they were less than three meters apart.
Using the terrifying momentum of his charge, Lei raised the Great Axe, his arms bulging with veins.
With the force of Mount Tai pressing down, it slammed down fiercely towards Lu Xiu's head!
Lu Xiu then smoothly stopped her sprint, gripping the Nameless Blade crackling with golden arcs of electricity, and met the descending thunderous Great Axe with pinpoint accuracy from below.
Clang!!!
A terrifying metallic crack exploded at the very point where the two weapons clashed!
Perfect Deflect!
Boom!
The moment the two blades clashed.
The two extremely violent energies could no longer maintain stability.
Centered on the point where Lu Xiu and Lei's weapons clashed, two completely different forces of lightning, one blue and one yellow, transformed into a visible storm of destruction, spreading wildly in all directions!
Thick blue arcs of electricity and fine, blinding yellow lightning bolts danced wildly across the ground, like countless tearing, biting serpents of lightning, rapidly spreading outwards along the earth.
Lei felt the recoil from the Great Axe again, and felt a sense of despair.
Because it's in sight.
Lu Xiu remained completely unharmed.
That [Mountain Collapse] attack, which was enough to wipe out 90% of the players in Prison Rock, was amplified by items, yet she still managed to catch it with one hand, completely unharmed!
Elemental attacks were also ineffective.
Even the overwhelming, violent shockwave only caused the girl's high-tied black ponytail to sway slightly in the lightning.
It was as if he could never shake her!
But is this correct???
Lei's Dao heart completely collapsed at this moment, and he went completely mad, raising his Great Axe high once again.
Lu Xiu's Nameless Blade, imbued with bright yellow lightning, once again met the attack with extreme precision!
Clang!!!
A second, even more terrifying clanging sound rang out!
The two bolts of lightning collided again, the blinding light causing everyone watching to involuntarily squint.
The two electric arcs, one blue and one yellow, once again traveled outwards along the ground.
Without pausing, Lei immediately unleashed his third strike.
Clang!!!
Lei kept raising his Great Axe.
Lu Xiu, however, repeatedly Deflect with the Nameless Blade.
The electric arc was like a boiling pool of thunder, surging wildly outwards in concentric circles around the two of them!
Clang! Clang! Clang!
Fourth! Fifth! Sixth!
The others couldn't keep going!!!
Whether it was the guild leaders on the outskirts of the battlefield, the members of the Nine Provinces Strategy Group, or the invaders of Prison Rock, they all stopped what they were doing and stared blankly at the scene at the center of the lightning, which seemed like a myth being reenacted.
Are you kidding me?!
Is this the kind of noise a Architect would make?!
And at the very heart of the Thunder.
Lei was like a wild beast that had completely lost control, only knowing how to unleash its brute force.
In comparison.
Lu Xiu appeared exceptionally delicate, but the extreme violence combined perfectly with the graceful figure of a young girl, presenting a breathtaking beauty.
The crisp, rapid clanging of metal striking metal rang out continuously.
The two men's weapons clashed repeatedly.
Lei grew increasingly desperate as he fought, realizing he couldn't harm her at all.
It's not just that we can't physically harm her.
She can completely ignore thunder!
Physical attacks are Deflect, and even magical attacks like lightning are useless.
However, she was able to continuously inflict damage on herself during the Deflect.
Health has dropped back to the red zone.
At this moment, despair gripped Lei's heart.
I'm so desperate.
"Ah!!!"
Another attack proved futile.
Lei let out a defiant roar, and using the recoil from the final collision, his massive body leaped backward to create distance.
He pushed off the ground with both legs again.
Filled with resentment and determination, she shot straight into the sky like a bolt of azure lightning, leaping high into the air. Lu Xiu used Dodge Step backward to create distance, then followed suit, leaping into the air to face the oppressive dark clouds overhead.
I'm in mid-air.
[Falling Thunder] triggered again!!
The next instant.
Boom!!!
The thick, leaden clouds in the sky seemed to have received some kind of decree.
A bolt of bright yellow lightning, thicker and more dazzling than before, cleaved through the void and struck the tip of the Nameless Blade with perfect accuracy!
Thunderous Infusion!
Blinding flashes of lightning instantly filled the entire sky, and raging thunder once again coursed wildly along the blade.
In that split second, Lei's azure Great Axe, carrying destructive power, slammed down!
The two met in mid-air.
But just a hair's breadth from the axe blade, Lu Xiu displayed an almost artistic control of her body in mid-air. Her slender waist bent gracefully like a willow swaying in the wind, and her body moved with extreme lightness and silky smoothness to dodge the axe.
Boom-
The raging azure axe blade grazed the girl's clothes and crashed down, missing its target, before slamming into the ground. A torrent of violent energy erupted, sending debris and plasma flying everywhere.
One shot missed!
Lei froze briefly, staring blankly as he looked up.
Lu Xiu, using the Cat Step movement equipment, remained suspended in mid-air.
She slightly turned her body, already sheathing the Nameless Blade wrapped in fine, bright yellow arcs of electricity at her side. From her elevated position, she gazed down at Lei, whose face was filled with astonishment and whose mind had gone completely blank.
Next.
He swung his arm violently.
Enveloped in the majestic might of heaven, he swung his blade and unleashed a fierce slash!
The electric arc that had been contained within the Nameless Blade erupted completely like a burst dam.
The bright yellow lightning transformed into an extremely dazzling crescent-shaped arc of light, sweeping across Lei's neck with an overwhelming and domineering momentum!
In the last tenth of a second before that dazzling golden light filled the entire field of vision.
Lei stared blankly at the enemy Architect in the sky, bathed in the dazzling heavenly lightning.
All the tragic thoughts in his mind about "cross-border hunting", "Prison Rock's honor", and "we must win for Zane" disappeared.
Only one thought remained: Zane, why don't you come back and fight?
----I won my ass!!!
Laugh!!!
His thoughts came to an abrupt halt.
Accompanied by an extremely faint, yet chilling, cutting sound.
Lei's health points have reached zero.
The raging, bright yellow lightning easily sliced through Lei's flesh and hard neck bone.
Puff!
Large spurts of charred blood sprayed out into the air like a mournful rain.
Lei's Big Head, still bearing traces of astonishment and despair, was instantly severed by the violent lightning and flung high into the air!
The next second, the headless, burly body suddenly stiffened, and together with its head in mid-air, it transformed into countless white streaks of light, dissipating into the devastated center of the thunderstorm.
As Lei Kuiwu's body transformed into countless shattered streams of light, the neighborhood ravaged by lightning fell into an eerie silence.
Clatter
Lu Xiu landed lightly, her feet firmly planted on the ground.
At this moment, the Nameless Blade in her right hand was not completely retracted; fine, leaping arcs of bright yellow electricity still coiled around its blade.
She held the Nameless Blade horizontally at her side, the lingering arcs of electricity around her and the scenes that had just unfolded—she resembled a Martial God descending to earth.
Next.
Lu Xiu her head slightly, her beautiful eyes, shimmering with a crimson glow, began to scan the battlefield.
----As if searching for the next enemy.
moment.
On the battlefield, the players trapped in the Prison Rock were all filled with dread.
Even the players in the Strategy Group felt a chill run down their spines.
Meanwhile, on the outskirts of the battlefield.
The guild leaders who witnessed the second half of the battle all gaped open, their faces filled with disbelief.
Much later.
Xiao Chi, the guild leader of the Whistling Arrow Guild, muttered, "Damn it! This is Architect?!"