At the same time.
Outside, in the Nine Provinces main livestream.
The moment they discovered Lu Xiu's Domain Skill really could revive other players,
every viewer was stunned.
Since the team battle began, Lu Xiu had shown them too much.
First,
she was practically invincible against instance monsters. Ornstein and Smough at the start, then Artorias later—both had proved it.
Even against Artorias, whose moves she had no chance to memorize, she had taken no damage at all. The fact that an Architect had constructed the monster couldn't explain that away—
That was skill!
And it helped many players understand why Lu Xiu's instances were so punishing.
—Because to her, they genuinely weren't.
Second, Lu Xiu was practically invincible in duels with players, too. After all, she could fight bosses that terrifying without taking a hit.
Her recent encounter with Finn had proved that perfectly.
He was one of Prison Rock's top core players.
Yet even without a weapon, Lu Xiu had forced Finn to burn an invincibility skill just to escape. She had done it barehanded, through nothing but exchanged moves and Neutralizes.
That was already absurd.
It had shattered what many players thought possible.
Because—she was an Architect!
After seeing all that, the viewers were convinced. If they had one lingering concern, it was this:
Would Lu Xiu struggle in a large-scale melee?
When she fought Artorias, her Deflects, rolls, and footwork had depended on split-second timing. The Nine Provinces players present hadn't dared step in, afraid any interference would disrupt her rhythm and get her killed.
But what if the area around her was chaos, with AOE skills flying everywhere, enemy players closing in, and even a giant dragon interfering?
Could she still pull off that precise control? Could she stay as composed as she was in