activa-t Chapter 361 An unexpected encounter with a LV.7 battle; despite all efforts, he could not surpass it
Chapter 361 An unexpected encounter with a LV.7 battle; despite all efforts, he could not surpass it
Chapter 361 An unexpected encounter with a LV.7 battle; despite all efforts, he could not surpass it.
"call!"
A cold wind howled, and the vast freshwater lake was frozen by magical power. The ice surface was boundless and crystal clear, not ordinary solid ice, but contained a large amount of magic power. Even though it was summer, it would be difficult to melt for more than ten days.
Teachers, students, deities, port workers, and fishermen—everyone held their breath, watching the epic showdown unfold.
The two figures standing on the dry ice surface.
The conflict between the school district and the city remains fresh in people's minds, when Roy needed to lead the entire Astrea Familia to contend with Leon Wadenberg.
Now, he can take on Leon one-on-one.
In just a few months, he rose from LV.6 to LV.7, breaking the world record once again. Everyone felt somewhat numb to this. The value of this great achievement was beyond doubt, after all, Roy led the team to conquer the Underworld!
But for that amazing young man, increasing his abilities was as easy as eating and drinking.
What's even more terrifying is the ability to break through limits.
Roy has only been at LV.7 for a short time, so he must have all the stats. On the other hand, Leon Wadenberg has been at that level for five or six years, and his abilities are close to their limits. He has S-rank strength and durability.
The biggest difference between the two is nine minor levels in their attribute stats!
Roy, however, was able to go toe-to-toe with Leon.
The two sides have almost the same minimum potential! This is the reward for Roy's ability to repeatedly break through the limits.
call out!
Roy shattered his one-handed sword with a single strike, and the scattered fragments of lion-gold light gathered in Leon's hand, solidifying and forming a two-handed sword.
Breakthrough in the first test of the sword!
Second Trial of the Sword: Gabel, Liberation!
Leon's fighting style has undergone a dramatic change, and one can vaguely see the shadow of the LV.8 cat girl from the Hera Familia in him.
Flexible, adaptable, swift, and cunning!
Leon learned countless exquisite combat techniques from the former members of Zeus and Hera's kin, and even integrated them to create his own unique fighting style, which is best evidenced by the fact that the name of the twelfth sword is Leon himself.
In this respect, Leon has surpassed many of his predecessors and is considered the world's best in combat against people!
The offensive suddenly changed!
Leon's figure was like a nimble cat, moving swiftly through the snow, its movements beyond comprehension, its form transforming into elusive afterimages.
call out!
The two gleaming swords in his hands transformed into two deadly silver storms.
The sword light was like a torrential downpour, or like countless wildly dancing silver snakes, pouring down on Roy from all directions without ceasing, weaving a dense, impenetrable net of death that enveloped Roy's vital points.
The sudden change in tactics caught Roy off guard. Just a moment ago he had a slight advantage, but in the face of this storm of twin swords, he was forced to switch from offense to defense and retreat.
Oh!
Roy's mind stirred, and a surge of lightning erupted from his body once more, converging in his other hand.
A surge of raging golden lightning erupted from his body, intertwining wildly and instantly forming a one-handed shield. Electricity leaped and flickered on the shield's surface, emanating a chilling aura.
One hand holds a sword, the other a shield!
Roy braced himself and stood firmly on his horse, steadily facing Leon's relentless storm of twin swords.
Boom!Boom!Boom!
Each time the blades clashed and the shield blocked the attack, a crisp, muffled sound would echo across the icy plain, followed by a burst of dazzling sparks.
In a very short time, the two fought hundreds of rounds, leaving countless marks on the frozen lake surface.
After you get used to it.
Roy, holding his shield, stood as steady as a mountain, almost perfectly blocking all of Leon's attacks, and occasionally even retaliating, forcing Leon into a defensive posture.
"That's amazing!"
Leon whispered, "Never before has Roy, a sword and shield user, demonstrated this skill."
Meanwhile, on the school district's giant ship, many gods seemed to see the figure of a goddess of justice in Roy's body and those actions, and they clicked their tongues in amazement.
The Goddess Astraea taught me swordsmanship!
Reaching LV.7, Roy's swordsmanship skills not only didn't become outdated, but he gained a deeper understanding of them. The swordsmanship of gods over hundreds of millions of years, even just a little bit leaked from between their fingers, was enough for mortals to study for hundreds of years. That was originally a divine art, used by Astraea when she possessed divine power.
Even though Roy only has a LV.1 ability value, he can still hold his own against a LV.4 adventurer with his swordsmanship skills!
The gods were astonished by Roy's learning ability.
The skills of the gods are not so easily learned!
Astrea isn't the only one in the lower realm skilled in swordsmanship; there are countless martial gods, such as Takemikazuchi. However, the members of Takemikazuchi's clan cannot even master one ten-thousandth of their own god's martial arts skills. Otherwise, they could easily defeat a level 3, let alone fight a level 5 opponent to a draw.
A clash of skills!
Before them stood Leon and Roy, one possessing the combined combat skills of the two strongest clans of the past, and the other having mastered extraordinary divine arts.
The two men's movements were so fluid and graceful, pleasing to the eye, yet incredibly deadly, leaving everyone speechless.
The port was silent. Gods, teachers, students, and workers were all engrossed in the two men's thrilling battle, secretly hoping it would never end.
The same goes for Bell.
Those blood-red eyes were fixed on Roy and Leon's movements, memorizing them.
But soon, they stopped thinking about it.
Neither skill nor ability could defeat the other, and the intensity of the battle escalated. Both sides began to use their development abilities and skills, which greatly increased the destructive power, and the huge frozen lake was immediately ravaged into pieces.
A terrifying "natural disaster" is about to strike!
Development capabilities shattered, swiftly eliminated!
Leon's twin swords transformed into two relentless silver torrents, continuously cascading down on Roy.
Roy's legs seemed nailed to the ice, using his shield to withstand every blow that could split mountains and shatter rocks, with dull thuds echoing continuously.
Clang! Clang! Clang clang clang!
A streak of sword light flashed, and the sword marks on the shield's surface became more numerous and deeper.
Just as Leon unleashed another powerful cross slash, the wolf struck the shield with a vicious blow.
Roy shifted his position backward, turning defense into offense!
Buzz!
Roy's shield transformed into a dazzling golden torrent, and lightning infused the longsword in his hand, causing it to tremble violently as if it had been given life, extending out to form a giant sword as wide as a door panel!
Immediately afterwards, Roy let out a low roar, gripped the greatsword wrapped in golden lightning with both hands, his muscles tensed like steel, his bones throbbed, and he poured pure brute force into the greatsword without reservation!
The wolf slashed fiercely at Leon's front.
This sword strike was devoid of any fancy moves; it contained only the purest, most violent, and most direct power!
A powerful force for development!
The greatsword, with its unparalleled power to cleave mountains and split seas, tore through the chaotic air currents ahead, its astonishing power seemingly capable of splitting heaven and earth in two!
Leon's pupils reflected the enormous shadow, and the icy chill pierced his bones like an ice pick. The muscles in his arms bulged like writhing dragons, and two sharp swords, gleaming with a cold light, crossed into a solid cross, fiercely blocking the destructive shadow.
when!!
The blades clashed violently without any restraint!
Roy gripped the greatsword with both hands and pressed it down hard, while Leon gritted his teeth and straightened his back.
An even more terrifying force struck, exploding outwards from the point of impact. The ice beneath Roy and Leon's feet sank in as if a giant had stomped on it, creating a massive circular crater hundreds of meters deep.
A violent hurricane erupted, carrying ice shards, roaring and sweeping across an area of several thousand meters!
Click! Click! Click!
The two clashed violently, and even their weapons could not withstand the astonishing force.
A cracking sound rang out, and the three swords simultaneously groaned under the strain. Dense cracks instantly covered their entire bodies, and they shattered in an instant.
The recoil caused both of them to fall backward simultaneously.
Both of them had a dull ache in their hands, with blood vessels visible everywhere, and the veins under their skin looked like they were about to burst.
"Fighting you was definitely the right decision," Leon exclaimed. After this battle, his stats would definitely improve even further, bringing him closer to LV.8!
"Yes, I think so too."
Roy clenched his fist. The physical and mental disparity he felt from reaching LV.7, thanks to the pressure Leon had put on him, was almost completely disappearing.
Eliminating this sense of disparity will not cause a surge in power, but rather a more perfect control over one's own power.
Otherwise, sometimes when you want to exert even a little effort, the feeling of disparity can cause you to unconsciously increase it to 30%, wasting your energy for no reason.
After a brief exchange, the fierce battle resumed.
Breakthrough in the Second Trial of the Sword!
The Third Trial of the Sword: Dabazar, Liberate!
The fragments of light reunited in Leon's hand, forming an exaggerated battle axe. His style changed again, becoming bold and powerful, displaying the courage of ten thousand men.
With the boost from the two trial swords, Leon's agility and dexterity attributes reached S, suddenly increasing the pressure on him, and Roy also had to deal with it carefully.
Ignoring magic attributes, Leon now has an all-S stat panel, which is the highest stat and combat power for a LV.7 character under normal conditions!
Roy simulated a sense of crisis in his mind, and then activated "Adventure," which increased all his abilities.
Afterglow!
The immense magical power transformed into lightning, condensing into a longsword. Roy unleashed it without hesitation, a sword beam composed of pure magical power tearing through space.
Leon swung his battle axe, and just like that, a golden lion-shaped slash, condensed to the point of splitting everything, burst forth!
Two sharp beams, each containing a completely different yet equally terrifying power, pierced the sky and inevitably collided above the frozen ice surface.
boom!!
A terrifying roar, powerful enough to shake the soul, exploded in everyone's ears, as if the space above had been forcibly torn open with a twisted rift!
It's not over yet!
Afterglow!
Roy and Leon treated this technique like a basic attack, slashing continuously, their sword beams sweeping across the sky.
No warning! No cooldown!
The extremely violent energy turbulence, like an out-of-control apocalyptic tide, swept and crushed in all directions in a circular pattern!
Wherever it passed, the air was ionized, and the falling snowflakes were instantly annihilated!
The first to be hit by this devastating impact was the vast, frozen lake below.
*Crack!* *Boom!*
As the slash swept past, cracks extended along the trajectory of the energy released after the impact.
More than a dozen enormous, bottomless rift valleys, each thousands of meters deep, are like jagged scars on the earth, embedded in the frozen surface of this lake.
And at an alarming speed, it frantically tore forward and downward, with jagged ice cliffs on both sides, tens of meters high, as if cleaved by a knife and axe!
boom!
Large amounts of ice shards shot into the sky, transforming into a chaotic, all-encompassing snow fog that blanketed the heavens.
Under Roy and Leon's precise control, the Afterglow Slash would hardly harm the giant ship or the people on the port, but the experience was quite different for everyone else.
A slash that can cleave mountains from a distance has an extremely wide coverage area. Even if you know it won't hurt you, the sense of danger and mental pressure from it passing by can make you faint.
Rumble!!
Another slash collided, the sword energy tearing through the air and causing ripples in mid-air. The residual force caused the entire ice surface to crack, extending to the front of the school district's giant ship, stopping just over ten meters away.
If this strike had continued for another fifty meters, the people on the railing would have been either killed or injured.
The crowd was so frightened that they collapsed to the ground.
"Someone come quick and stop them!"
"Are you kidding me!"
"That's level 7, who can stop them?"
At this point, who would still be in the mood to watch a show? Everyone's faces were deathly pale, and they were wailing incessantly, wishing they had more legs than their parents, and they fled in panic.
Even level 5 adventurers caught in it will be in mortal danger; when gods fight, mortals suffer!
"Lord Badr, what did you just say? Who do you want me to surpass?" Little Bell stared at the huge chasm that had been torn open thousands of meters in front of him, and every cell in his body seemed to be emitting fear.
Little Bell felt his newly built confidence shattered by those two people.
"Bell, well—they are your long-term goals, but your short-term goals should be other people."
Badr gave an awkward smile, and glared at Roy and Leon, who were fighting in the distance. "You two were supposed to show the child the demeanor of a 'hero candidate,' but you scared the child to death!"
But Roy and Leon were destined to never hear the wailing and complaints from the crowd.
The two were completely absorbed in the battle.
Aside from instinctively avoiding hurting others, he had no other scruples, focusing all his attention on squeezing out every last bit of power from his body and releasing it wildly.
Until you're completely exhausted!
When sparring with his own daughter, Roy, no matter how ruthless, would never kill her. But against Leon, who was just a training dummy, he would beat him to death if he couldn't kill him!
Correspondingly, Roy also took several hits.
However, thanks to his "Intuition" skill, Roy was hit less often than Leon.
Name: Roy Level: 7
Strength: 0→38 (1)
Endurance: 0→36 (1)
Dexterity: 0→79 (1)
Agility: 0→35 (1)
Magic Power: 0 → 120 (H)
When the battle ended, Roy clicked to update his stats, and the numbers changed.
The personal panel has been updated; it's no longer just zeros. Your growth during this period is reflected in your blessings.
The total ability value increased by 308, and the other attributes were considered normal increases, except for magic power, which was somewhat special.
The spell "Superior Transfer" consumes mental energy comparable to an extremely long incantation spell; correspondingly, the training effects are also very significant.
After all, each transfer is equivalent to using an extremely long incantation spell.
On the surface, Riveria would never use magic of this level. Even in the dungeon, she would decide based on the situation, potentially altering the terrain on a large scale and causing unforeseen accidents. The most serious consequence would be the premature end of an expedition that had been planned for many days.
Therefore, it is practically impossible for a mage to frequently use extremely long incantations to hone their magical attributes.
The "upper-level transfer" combines many advantages, facilitating rapid movement without causing any damage, and providing a strong training effect!
That being said, at LV.7, improving one's stats becomes far more difficult than before.
Ota and Leon have undergone at least five years of training and day-and-night battles, the former in dungeons and the latter fighting monsters in the deep sea, to grow to this level. Every bit of their attributes is hard-earned.
The group returned to the principal's office.
Roy stretched and yawned. The most important thing about sparring with Leon was that it allowed him to fully master the power of LV.7. If he were to encounter Phil Weiss again, even if she were at her peak, he would not be afraid.
After being enlightened by Baldr, Little Bell's mindset quickly changed. Those two had reached their level through countless battles; why should he think he could easily catch up to them? "Mr. Roy, thank you!"
After thanking Roy, Belle followed Leon to pick up her school uniform and meet her classmates.
"Study hard and make progress every day!" Roy watched Little Bell leave. With Leon's guidance, Little Bell might even be able to learn "Afterglow" ahead of time.
"call!"
Seeing that neither of them was injured, Lefia breathed a sigh of relief. One was her respected teacher, and the other was the group leader; she didn't want anything to happen to either of them.
Lefia's Grace has entered a state of conversion, retaining her own power, but without finding a new supreme god, she cannot update her ability value and remains stagnant.
The next main god is naturally Astrea.
"Roy, this child is in your hands now. Don't let her down in the future." Bader placed Rafia's small hand in Roy's, much like an old father seeing his daughter off on her wedding day, speaking earnestly.
Roy replied earnestly, "Yes, I promise!"
"Lord Badr, what are you saying!"
Lefia's sweet voice suddenly rose by more than ten decibels, and a bright blush appeared on her innocent and lovely face at a visible speed.
She lowered her head in a panic, her slender fingers unconsciously twisting the hem of her clothes, her pale golden hair trembling slightly with shame.
What kind of relationship could she possibly have with the group leader?
At most, it's more than friendship, but not quite lovers—no, the captain is Ryu-san's lover, how could she do such a shameless thing—but in the Underworld, the captain said he was going to marry all the girls present, and she was among them, so doesn't that mean she also has a chance—
Lefia's inner thoughts were incredibly complex and conflicted; her heart was pounding, she was both anxious and ashamed, and she wished she could disappear into the ground.