Chapter 451: Professor Cheng's Electrotherapy Class~
Snap!
Cheng Tian's Demonic Nightmare Binding Barrier shattered with a resounding crack!
The old man, who was still spitting out sparks from the corners of his mouth, barely managed to avoid blowing himself up, panting heavily with his tongue hanging out.
Unlike many other ultimate moves, the old man's Incinerating Flame Cannon not only dealt massive instant damage and knockback but also had a high sustained damage per second.
Normally, if facing biological enemies, they would be knocked away by the first hit. While this would create distance between the two sides, it would also cause all subsequent flame damage per second to miss.
However, Cheng Tian's Demonic Nightmare Binding Barrier was a fixed, building-like structure that wouldn't be displaced by conventional skills, which made it endure much more subsequent damage from the Incinerating Flame Cannon than it should have.
With just one breath, the barrier, with a full 500 HP, was shattered.
Another new ability, notes, notes!
The spectating contestants were busy recording Cheng Tian's skills, which they were unlikely to encounter in the future.
After an intense exchange of blows and skills, Cheng Tian and Chin Gentsai returned to a state of mutual observation and probing. Overall, it was still a 50/50 situation. Cheng Tian and The World took a hit to the nose, but he also forced out one of the old man's ultimate moves with his barrier.
This time, however, Cheng Tian directly released The World, and to the old man's astonishment, he magically pulled out a peculiar gauntlet and a long halberd that seemed to be charged with electricity—
Gauntlet of the Oni! Thunder Halberd!
Because it was an extra equipment derivative ability, it could be activated and used directly without going through the item slot.
"Since you hit me with your gourd, old man, it's only reasonable that I pull out my Thunder Halberd to chop you, isn't it~"
Cheng Tian's grin, almost reaching the back of his head, made Chin Gentsai shiver involuntarily, and he couldn't help but swallow, unsure if it was due to the electric sparks leaking from the long halberd.
Is this reasonable? This isn't reasonable!
The host quickly pulled out Team Olililili's roster, which clearly listed the weapons Cheng Tian and his teammates had registered.
Irene and Mina had bows and arrows, Bazett had gauntlets, and Cheng had a long list of various items. Based on the weapon's appearance and corresponding name, it was easy to link it to the Thunder Halberd.
On the other side, Billy, from the Howard Special Team, couldn't help but rub the Billy Club in his arms when he saw Cheng Tian pull out the long halberd.
He hadn't expected to meet another long-weapon enthusiast here.
"Ah~~ After confirmation, Aoko did indeed register the use of a weapon in advance, so it's not a foul. The match continues!"
They were already summoning stands to fight, so conjuring a weapon out of thin air wasn't a big deal.
The Psycho Soldier Team really wanted to say something in protest, but when they saw the old man's wine gourd, the master and his two disciples remained silent.
However, Cheng then completely exposed the fact that he couldn't use any weapons at all.
As the saying goes, "a month for a staff, a year for a saber, a lifetime for a spear," the Thunder Halberd, as a composite weapon, is even more complex to use than a spear. For an amateur, simply swinging it to strike is the limit; there are no techniques whatsoever.
But Cheng was even more extreme... He used the Thunder Halberd directly as a magic staff!
More precisely, he used it as an extension and amplification of his psychic lightning.
Cheng's psychic lightning, which he couldn't directly apply in combat before, with the Thunder Halberd as a medium for manifestation, directly bypassed at least one stage, causing great trouble for Chin Gentsai.
Chin Gentsai's Drunken Fist movements were elusive and agile, making it difficult for conventional flying ki blasts to hit him. However, the electric net bursting from the halberd's blade came with both wide-area strikes and humanoid tracking!
As long as it was a living person and conductive, it would automatically pursue them, behaving very similarly to the psychic lightning of a psionicist in "Dark Tide," even with identical effects.
When the electric net automatically caught up to the old man, who had nowhere to escape, the previous second was just a slight tremor, like a physiotherapy electrode patch. But as time went on, the uncontrollable muscle contractions stimulated by the electric shock would cause the entire body to lose control!
Cheng instantly transformed into Professor Yang! The two lightning users in the audience's eyelids twitched!
As everyone could see, Chin Gentsai was completely defenseless against this!
There were only two ways to resolve this situation.
One was to directly burst his ki, entering a temporary state where he could unleash super special moves, and use this extremely short-duration buff to forcefully rush and defeat Cheng Tian.
The other was to use his constitution to slowly deplete Cheng Tian's MP, leaving him without the mental energy to unleash psychic lightning.
But no matter which method, it couldn't bypass one existence.
That was The World, the stand floating in mid-air, completely unaffected by the electric net!
Chin Gentsai's defeat time entirely depended on whether The World would throw its sandbag-sized fists!
And throughout the entire tournament, no one would doubt The World's physical striking ability.
"Stop shocking me, stop shocking me! I surrender, old man!!!"
The old man, who was smoking all over but somehow seemed invigorated, finally raised his hand after being intermittently shocked for almost three minutes.
The cameras and commentators immediately captured this crucial information, and the bell signifying the end of the match instantly rang.
Cheng Tian stopped discharging electricity and heavily planted the long halberd into the ground.
The old man, who was in pain and yet happy, lay directly on the ground, his body still trembling slightly from time to time, and this time it wasn't due to the Drunken Moon.
"Winner! Aoko!"
"Let's congratulate Team Olililili! They successfully secured their first victory in the Round of 16!"
First victory! And a 1v3 sweep!
Although Cheng was the ultimate villain in front of the highly numerous Athena fans, it was undeniable that he had indeed delivered a rather exciting opening match. Thus, guided by the cheers of the rational fans and pure passersby, the entire arena eventually began to erupt in rhythmic cheers.
"Aoko! Aoko! Aoko! Aoko! Aoko!"
Cheng was like a mirror; whatever attitude you gave him, he would return. So he also raised his Thunder Halberd high and roared towards the audience.
At the same moment, the tournament stage in Cheng Tian's main quest progress changed to the Quarterfinals, and the reward and evaluation also changed to 10,000 and B+ accordingly.
Not only that, one bronze and two silver, a total of three chests, also appeared in the temporary item slot for the team. These were the drops from Cheng Tian's defeat of the Psycho Soldier Team.
Cheng Tian didn't hesitate and directly opened all three chests. As light flashed, three items dropped—
Skill Stone, "Eat Meat Bun."
Accessory, Off-Hand, Component, Potent Liquor Flask.
And... equipment similar to Strawberry Macho Underwear, "Athena's Pink Summer Special" two-piece swimsuit.