Chapter 190: Your cutting technique... is it real or not?
Cheng Tian, of course, did not have holy light wings, nor was he a World of Warcraft paladin who could activate "Avenging Wrath."
These holy light wings were formed by a total of 27 golden Wings of Retribution, condensed by Cheng Tian under the blessing of the Crystal Demon Eye.
Currently, the C-gun in his hand was completely unusable, and the two Vulcan cannons on the sides of the Mammoth war elephant's waist were also out of commission, but this did not mean that Cheng Tian had completely lost his long-range attack methods.
Since the Holy Grail Knight template currently loaded by Cheng Tian was a native-level template, some of the corresponding negative effects of the template were naturally loaded along with it, among which "inability to use ranged weapons" was the lifelong pain of the Holy Grail Knight.
However, this passive did not affect Cheng Tian's ability to activate the sunfire mask's inherent skills. Furthermore, after investing money and using 1 equipment enhancement stone (a reward from the Cadillacs and Dinosaurs game, effective for +4 to +6 items, increasing the success rate of enhancement), the Crystal Demon Eye had been upgraded to +7, allowing it to perfectly replicate Cheng Tian's skill power and effects.
When the Crystal Demon Eye reached +4 effect, it gained the "Plasma Lightning" attack ability. The attack form basically replicated the "Moro's Eye" from its material source, featuring lightning damage and tracking attributes, which increased Cheng Tian's magical long-range attack methods. At the same time, the replication power and consumption reached 75%.
But when the Crystal Demon Eye reached +7, its additional effect was named "Wingman +1." As the name suggests, the number of Crystal Demon Eyes directly became 2, and both the replication power and consumption reached 100%.
The wingman effect brought by the two large eyeballs also allowed Cheng Tian to directly enjoy an additional +3 skill bonus. Moreover, under the influence of the Sun God Gem Fragment embedded in his brow, the Wings of Retribution, which were originally attached to golden equipment, successfully received the replication effect of a purple wingman.
Since Cheng Tian could generate 3 golden arrows per second, as long as he controlled the firing rhythm, his arrow attacks would be continuous.
It was true that a single golden arrow only dealt a meager 9 points of damage, but combined with the Ten Commandments' human-specialized detection ability, the two-point-one-line accuracy meant every shot hit its mark. Just one hit was enough to make the target cry out in pain, whether loud or short-lived.
And then, naturally, other Knights and militiamen would fearlessly rush towards the source of the sound.
Although the newly formed Knights of the Round Table were of poor average quality, they had an absolute advantage in numbers. After all, it was a home-field advantage. The more Britannia villages Rome destroyed, the more militiamen the Knights of the Round Table would gain.
Especially those grassroots militiamen whose homes were destroyed and loved ones killed, who joined for revenge, each carried such intense hatred that they wished they could bite through armor and devour flesh. Any Roman soldier who fell into their hands would likely not even have a good piece of flesh left.
Due to the night raid carried out under the cover of darkness and magic, Prince Allen's attacking force was smaller, mostly consisting of agile, lightly armored ranged archer classes.
Their initial objective, as Arthur had feared, was to set the camp on fire, and it was even issued as a side quest.
Naturally, players skilled in this aspect chose to join.
However, because Cheng Tian was too dazzling a target, several players couldn't resist attacking him first, which caused them to lose the initiative to set fires.
When they belatedly tried to resume their duties, beginning to launch arrows soaked in fire oil towards the camp, at least half of them were directly intercepted by the Wings of Retribution. The remaining arrows that did manage to reach the Knights of the Round Table camp were quickly extinguished by the efforts of the militiamen organized by Lancelot and Percival before they could truly ignite.
It was true that the Knights of the Round Table faction was a makeshift organization, but it was also true that Prince Allen's foreign mercenaries were unreliable.
Players, in a sense, were the most uncontrollable existence.
Listening to the continuous screams from the front and the increasingly close shouts of battle, the remaining Prince Allen's army players decisively chose to retreat.
Mounts were out of the question; in these times, a good warhorse mount was far more precious than a human. Although Prince Allen's side was wealthy, he wouldn't be wealthy enough to provide warhorses for foreign mercenaries, so they could only use their various abilities to escape.
Since they risked coming for the side quest reward, they naturally had to bear the cost of the risks brought by mission failure.
However, players who reached this level were not purely reckless individuals; they indeed possessed corresponding methods to deal with such situations.
Windwalk, Earthbind Totem, Druid Crow Form, one-time travel shoes—each displayed their unique abilities.
And the guy who turned himself into a crow to escape was precisely the enemy archer player who had given Cheng Tian 70 points of mana back with one arrow and was still bleeding from his head.
In a world of swords and magic, to fly freely in the air was such a pleasant and safe thing. Although in crow form, he almost lost his normal attack ability and his health was temporarily reduced significantly, as long as he wasn't hit, it was no big deal—
The flying crow guy subconsciously looked back at the explosive elephant tribe on the ground, and then saw a scene that made his heart leap into his throat.
Cheng Tian, having disengaged from combat gear, leaped more than three meters high from the back of the Mammoth war elephant. The Mammoth transformed into a streak of light and entered his body. In its place, a new streak of light appeared beneath him, revealing a ferocious Primordial Wyvern!
"Trying to run!?"
Others could run; Cheng Tian didn't care much about that. But for the guy who had given him that fiery arrow, he absolutely had to respond with equally fervent enthusiasm!
"Two mounts! And a flying mount!? You're cheating!!!"
The crow guy, a typical corvid boss, immediately started cussing and began flapping his wings with all his might. Even his anus, due to the crow transformation, became a bit uncontrollable, and something started leaking out.
But it was meaningless in front of the Primordial Wyvern with a staggering 42 agility points. Before long, Cheng Tian relentlessly caught up to him.
The terrified crow guy only heard Cheng Tian shouting mocking words like, "Brother, buying hacks?"
However, before Cheng Tian could even issue an attack command to the wyvern, the crow-transformed guy suddenly reverted to human form with a 'thump,' falling freely with a look of terror and confusion on his face.
It turned out that the crow guy's Druid transformation skill required continuous mana consumption. Because he was being pursued by the Primordial Wyvern, the skill's judgment was affected by "pressure," causing mana consumption to double instantly. The crow guy, who had no time to watch his mana bar, was forced to end the skill effect due to running out of mana, and began an un-parachuted bungee jump.
By the time the wyvern slowly landed, the crow guy had already died from fall damage. It was clear he had never considered what to do if he ran out of mana while flying.
The crow guy's death was attributed to Cheng Tian, and a bloody treasure chest dropped as a result.
But Cheng Tian keenly noticed that the appearance of this treasure chest was unique to the Knights of the Round Table, and it was a silver coin chest.
As Cheng Tian approached the chest, a prompt also popped up.
"In the 'Knights of the Round Table' instance, bloody treasure chests dropped by player deaths will appear as unique instance forms of 'Silver Coin Chest,' 'Gold Coin Chest,' or 'Treasure Chest,' and are considered to have dual chest properties simultaneously.
You can choose to open the bloody treasure chest directly to obtain player drops according to the corresponding rules, or you can use the temporary skill 'Cutting Technique' to attempt to cut it. The appreciation or depreciation effects brought by the Cutting Technique will also apply to the player drops and Chosen Coins corresponding to the bloody treasure chest."
"Additional Note: If I can't cut out a bracelet, I can at least grind two beads, right?"