Chapter 845: More of a War God Than a War God
As Ling Zhan's voice fell.
Mordes and Armand, standing in the distance, had completely solemn expressions.
They exchanged glances, each seeing the shock in the other's eyes.
After all, no one had expected Bazel, the Dragon Slayer Mage, and Derek, the Starbreaker Martial God, to be defeated so effortlessly.
This was only the first exchange of blows!
But both of them had realized one thing.
Bazel and Derek's defeat had been entirely due to their own carelessness.
They had likely never imagined that this non-specialist could unleash a skill of such devastating power.
Even more unexpected was how precisely he could exploit attack cooldowns.
To be fair, it wasn't entirely their fault for being careless.
The opponents they usually faced were either Ten Thousand Demons monsters or members of their own legion.
When training against fellow legion members, it was fine once or twice, but if done every day, it wouldn't lead to any real progress.
The reason was simple—there were hardly any legion members who could defeat them.
Those ranked below them could never win.
And those ranked above them... didn't exist.
Thus, the top ten of the legion, including Mordes, Derek, and Armand, could only spar among themselves.
But the gaps between them were so minuscule that no matter how much they sparred, they remained stagnant, unable to find a breakthrough for improvement.
They had been stuck at the same level for a long time.
True progress in battle only comes from fighting stronger opponents.
Of course…
Special cases like Ling Zhan, who was extremely self-disciplined and obsessed with pushing his limits, didn't follow this rule.
Because Ling Zhan's greatest opponent was always himself.
At this moment.
Mordes and Armand, as the last two remaining on the stage who had not yet been eliminated by Ling Zhan, had no choice but to come up with a strategy.
The previous arrogance and carelessness had now completely been replaced by seriousness and focus.
"I'll take the front, Mordes, you support me from behind!"
Armand, the Lord of Calamity, gripped his sacred-grade scythe firmly and stepped forward with determination.
Lord of Calamity.
A hidden fourth-tier subclass of the Sorcerer.
At first glance, many would assume this was a fragile spellcasting class that controlled calamities.
Hmm…
That assumption would only be half correct.
Because the Lord of Calamity could specialize in two paths.
One was a fragile ranged spellcasting route, while the other was a high-defense, high-health melee shroud style.
Back in the deadly battle against the evil organization, Ling Zhan had encountered one of the many so-called "Saints" who followed the Lord of Calamity class.
That Saint had chosen the fragile ranged caster route.
But this Armand before him had clearly taken the melee shroud route.
The so-called Melee Shroud Style allowed the user to enter a special shroud form.
In this form, Armand's health, armor, magic resistance, and damage reduction were all multiplied tenfold.
His combat style revolved around wielding his scythe in close combat, inflicting damage on his enemies while applying Calamity Status effects.
Any opponent afflicted with Calamity Status would suffer from poison, bleeding, crippling injuries, torment, stun, slow, and various other negative effects.
This was one of the rare melee-oriented magic classes.
At this moment.
Armand had already entered Shroud Form in advance.
His entire body was engulfed in thick black mist, with only his piercing crimson eyes visible through the haze.
He looked like a grim reaper incarnate, his sacred scythe now entirely wrapped in black mist, exuding an ominous aura.
Seeing Armand go all out, Mordes dared not be careless either.
『Magic Shelter!』
『Spell Barrier!』
『Mana Bastion!』
『Torrent Shield!』
He immediately cast four defensive spells on himself.
Simultaneously, under the effect of the S-tier Multitasking talent, Mordes used both hands to weave multiple magic formations around the battlefield.
Only then did he finally feel relieved.
He was now ready to focus on attacking the non-specialist.
Since even the Dragon Slayer Mage and the Starbreaker Martial God had been completely outmatched, Mordes wasn't naïve enough to think he could rival Ling Zhan in melee combat.
Seeing that his two remaining opponents had fully prepared themselves, Ling Zhan's body finally tensed up like a coiled predator. Anyone watching could tell—this non-specialist, who had already shattered everyone's expectations multiple times today, was about to attack!
Ling Zhan wouldn't bother telling them.
In reality, right after dealing with the Dragon Slayer Mage and the Starbreaker Martial God, he could have instantly teleported in front of Mordes and unleashed a full-force assault.
Ling Zhan was certain that Mordes wouldn't have been able to put up any resistance.
Not even with his sacred-grade robe.
Giving them the chance to go all out right now? That was merely Ling Zhan showing rare mercy.
As Ling Zhan's body tightened like a drawn bow.
A powerful surge of air swirled around his back.
『Charge!!』
A basic Warrior skill had been activated.
This was a forward-moving skill designed for breaking enemy lines.
Boom!!
The instant the skill was activated, the terrifying airflow compressed behind Ling Zhan exploded like an air cannon!
Then, under the audience's stunned gazes, he tore through the battlefield like an unstoppable force, charging straight at Armand!
From the audience's perspective.
Ling Zhan looked like a war machine blazing across the plains, kicking up dirt and wind as he bulldozed forward!
"Holy shit!"
"He's more of a War God than an actual War God!"
Many spectators, whose main class was War God, were left completely dumbfounded by this non-specialist's terrifying charge.
Only through such a direct comparison could they fully grasp the sheer shock of this moment.
Fast!!
Too fast!!
This was supposed to be a simple gap-closing skill, yet the moment Ling Zhan activated it, his figure vanished from the screen!
Even the high-tech magic cameras with built-in combat tracking couldn't keep up with him!
But the one facing Ling Zhan's terrifying might head-on was none other than Armand.
He had been incredibly confident in his Shroud Form.
But when that non-specialist, radiating an unstoppable force, descended upon him—
"Shit! Monster!"
He couldn't help but grit his teeth and spit out those two words.
『Calamity Barrier Crest (SS)!』
A circular emerald-green barrier expanded outward from Armand's body.