Chapter 1434: Hunting Ray of Sunshine

Little Piglet rammed into Ray of Sunshine’s back with a Barbaric Slam before executing an Ice Ray Flurry + Ice Blade Shatter combo. A cold gleam in his eyes, he closed in on Ray of Sunshine while shouting, "So what if he has 100% lifesteal? It doesn’t matter if you can one-shot him[1]!"

Rustle rustle rustle…

Ray of Sunshine smirked while moving backward on his Cloud Devil Panther. "Your technique is good, but do you really think you can one-shot me, Little Piglet? Dream on!"

The Master Swordsman of Blaze abruptly turned his wrist and threw himself backward. He was too late to dodge the Ice Ray Flurry, but not so late that he couldn’t parry the Ice Blade Shatter. This was unexpected to Little Piglet because Ray of Sunshine hadn’t been this good the last time he fought him. His equipment was super-tier, but now his skill was almost super-tier as well. No wonder Purgatory Mad Dragon was able to make a comeback.

Little Piglet was still better than Ray of Sunshine though. He raised his leg and scored a free kick at the warrior’s stomach.

Bang!

72,772!

While Ray of Sunshine was stumbling backward, he struck out with both his sword and his left fist and successfully destroyed Ray of Sunshine’s Guard stance completely. Then, he landed a devastating Ice Breaking Slash on Ray of Sunshine’s neck!

Boom!

1,290,998!

It was a critical hit, but Little Piglet was still nowhere close to killing Ray of Sunshine. The warrior wasn’t fighting alone, and at least a hundred priests were healing the sonuvabitch. The damage Little Piglet worked so hard to dish out was quickly undone by them.

After Ray of Sunshine had steadied himself, he immediately abandoned his mounts nd launched a counterattack. Still boosted by his Dance of Conflagration, he was able to knee away Little Piglet’s own Guard stance before landing a Dragon Flame Flurry + Dragon Flame Slash combo.

Metallic sparks flew everywhere as Little Piglet’s HP hit rock bottom, and Ray of Sunshine returned to full health. This was always going to happen until Little Piglet found a way to one-shot the warrior. Eyes blazing with killing intent, Ray of Sunshine uttered, "Is that it, Little Piglet? How can you take revenge for your woman and yourself if this is all you've got? Just return to the outer lands and be the king of trash you’re meant to be! The main cities of the Center don’t welcome you!"

Even more hatred and endurance entered Little Piglet’s eyes when he heard this. After he pulled away from Ray of Sunshine, he abruptly activated his Heavenly River Transformation and cast his S Rank Ancient Divine Skill, Divine Arms Slash!

Boom!

987,237!

Little Piglet shouted at the same time Ray of Sunshine lost a huge chunk of HP, "Now, Ice and Fire, God Bone!"

Song of Ice and Fire activated his SS Rank Gong Gong’s Furious Strike, while God Bone executed a Charge + Bloodbreak Slash + Coldblood Flurry combo!

Bang bang bang…

This was the trump card Dark Mercenaries’ top players had worked out to one-shot the unkillable tank, Ray of Sunshine! They would kill him with two Ancient Divine Skills and God Bone’s suicide attack!

"What?"

Ray of Sunshine nearly turned green. Not even the Instant Heals from the priests were fast enough to save him. Panicking, Ray of Sunshine struck a nearby low-rank Iron Cutter Cavalryman with Crimson Flame Slash + Barrier Break combo! [2]

Puchi!

892,763!

+892,763!

871,262!

+871,262!

……

The Heaven Suppressing Necklace’s OP effect was displayed in full effect at this moment. Right before Ray of Sunshine would’ve been one-shot, the necklace absorbed nearly 1.6 million HP and put him at the 50% mark.

Thud!

After Ray of Sunshine survived the attack, he immediately grabbed God Bone’s spear to prevent him from escaping while healing himself with Dragon Flame Recovery. Then, he struck out three times with Dragon Flame Flurry that almost ignored the Defense granted by Iron Bone Armor and sent the Iron Knight flying across the air. The Strength gap between the two combatants was bigger than expected. Finally, Ray of Sunshine pressed his palm against the snow, cast Rise of Fire Dragon and threw Shadow Breaker at God Bone!

Bang bang bang…

God Bone was famous for being a super tank in Soul Battle Robes, but even he couldn’t tank three of Ray of Sunshine’s skills and survive. He was dead before he hit the floor!

……

"God Bone!" Song of Ice and Fire shouted in anger.

Even Little Piglet’s sword was shaking a little. "Fuck! What else can we do to kill the fucker? His skillset and especially his equipment put him beyond our reach…"

While Dark Mercenaries was at their wit’s ends, the Dragonlight Cavalry were engaging the other wing side Purgatory Mad Dragon’s shield formation in full force.

Boom!

Thousand Ice Slash froze a bunch of Purgatory Mad Dragon players. I was currently in Fusion Armor mode, running parallel along the battle line and leaving behind a trail of death when I saw Little Piglet and Song of Ice and Fire healing themselves slightly away from Purgatory Mad Dragon’s battle line, and Ray of Sunshine taunting them with a most smug expression on his face, "What are you waiting for? Come get me if you have balls! This boss is Purgatory Mad Dragon’s, and no one else is allowed to have it!"

Swhoosh!

I Charged straight toward him while yelling, "Is that so? Did you ask for Ancient Sword Dreaming Souls’ permission first?"

"Motherfucker!"

Ray of Sunshine hurriedly climbed onto his Cloud Devil Panther before glaring at me with hateful eyes. "Don’t think you’re hot shit just because people call you the Little Heavenly King of Heavenblessed or whatever, Lu Chen! Today’s the day I trample over your reputation[3]!"

Instead of responding verbally, I thrust out the Chill of the Nine Provinces from a tricky angle!

Chiang!

Ray of Sunshine bent out of the way and pressed his blade against mine at the same time. It counted as a successful parry.

However, the moment the parry took effect, I jump-kicked the Cloud Devil Panther right in the head and elicited a painful cry from the mount. It staggered backward together with its master.

The nearby Iron Cutter Cavalrymen who saw this exclaimed in astonishment, "Holy shit, just how much Strength does the Little Heavenly King have? He actually knocked back Ray of Sunshine with a single kick!"

My gaze had been affixed to the Heaven Suppressing Necklace since the start of the battle. It was the piece of equipment that had carried Ray of Sunshine to the throne of power, but this would come to an end. Today would be the day his legend would come to a screeching halt!

While running at a slanted angle, I fired God Binding Art at Ray of Sunshine!

"Fuck!"

Ray of Sunshine hurriedly reined in his Cloud Devil Panther to dodge the attack. At the same time, he began channeling his Shadow Breaker. It only took him 0.15 seconds at most to cast the skill, and the shadow traveled fast enough that not even I was fast enough to dodge it after cast. Therefore, I decided to nullify the skill another way.

Swhoosh!

I gathered swirls of bloody energy around my left fist and executed the Magic Piercing Punch. The moment his Shadow Breaker ended prematurely to my skill, I immediately followed up with the Cold of the Nine Provinces!

Crack crack…

The surrounding temperature suddenly became much colder as over 70% of the players nearby became frozen. Unfortunately, Ray of Sunshine got lucky and didn’t get frozen by the skill[4]. He retaliated by shooting a Dragon Flame Flurry at me while roaring, "Die, Lu Chen!"

It looked like I was running haphazardly across the snow, but I wasn’t. I was correcting my balance while swinging both my sword and my shield where the attacks would land. Three gorgeous misses appeared in the air—

MISS!

MISS!

MISS!

For an instant, Ray of Sunshine could only stare at the perfect parries in shock. Then, he gritted his teeth and bent down to use Rise of Fire Dragon!

I saw this coming, so I immediately jumped forward and kneed him in the shoulder. At the same time, I dropped to one knee and cast my own Rise of the Guardian Dragon!

Roar roar!

The ground shook as both skills clashed against one another. Little Piglet and Dark Mercenaries had moved away to give me the fighting space I needed, and Purgatory Mad Dragon’s shield formation was turned to shambles by my Rise of the Guardian Dragon. Neither side was able to do anything at all.

There was basically no chance Ray of Sunshine could ever hope to kill me. However, it wasn’t easy for me to kill him either. Even if I could nullify every hit he threw at me, there were still too many priests dropping their heals on him like crazy.

……

I had a plan, however. While continuing to pressure Ray of Sunshine, I brought up my friend list, selected Moonlight Stone’s ID and asked, "Do you see me, Moonlight?"

"Mn. I see you’re fighting against Ray of Sunshine. What’s wrong?"

"Have Gui Guzi protect you and make your way toward me. When I give you the signal, attack Ray of Sunshine with your Bleak Death and suppress his HP absorption. This man must die today!"

"Roger that!"

……

Pa!

My boots kicked up snow for the nth time as I weaved in and out of an endless storm of arrow and magic and chased after Ray of Sunshine. Before anyone realized it, I was behind Purgatory Mad Dragon’s defense line, and Ray of Sunshine was outside!

"Come to me, bastard!" an 80%-HP Ray of Sunshine uttered angrily while his priests healed him back to full HP in no time.

He didn’t realize the danger, and I was only too happy to exploit his ignorance. I rushed toward him and swung my sword mightily!

Chiang!

Heavenly River Transformation greatly increased my Strength. As a result, I was able to send Ray of Sunshine and his mount flying away from his shield formation like a ball.

"Now, Moonlight Stone!"

Galaxy Storm dropped from the sky the moment I gave the signal!

Bang!

312,363!

A skull symbol appeared above Ray of Sunshine’s head and prevented him from being healed for 30 seconds. It was the Bleak Death effect. The moment he saw the combat log, he whispered while his complexion turned a shade of deathly gray, "Oh no…"

I tossed the Chill of the Nine Provinces at him!

Puchi!

1,192,663!

Coiling Dragon Revolution was as powerful as usual. Empowered by the Ancient Divine Dragon, I reached Ray of Sunshine before he could even stand still and kicked him in the stomach.

Pu!

This time, he skidded across the snow like a bowling ball even farther than before because his mount had disappeared during my earlier strike. He didn’t give up, however. He rushed toward the nearest Iron Cutter Cavalryman and attacked them to lifesteal some HP[5], but I simply ran up to him again and slapped his chest with a pair of bloody chains. It was none other than the Chain of Freedom!

"Heavens…"

Ray of Sunshine looked like he would die. He kicked me in my shield and attempted to use the backward momentum to escape from me. Right now, the expert who single-handedly carried the entire weight of Purgatory Mad Dragon on his shoulders looked like a stray dog that was desperately trying to escape its abusers.

He wouldn’t get the chance. A familiar figure appeared behind him, and it was none other than Little Piglet himself. The Crimson Dragon Arm glowing around his left arm, he seized the Heaven Suppressing Necklace with it and cast Ice Ray Flurry with his right hand.

To Ray of Sunshine’s credit, his reaction was lightning-quick. Before Little Piglet’s skill could even hit him, he immediately used his invincibility skill and brought out his return scroll.

……

I laughed seeing the man trying to escape, an image of a golden sword rising above my head.

Xuanyuan Slash!

1. E/N: One-comboing during CC is enough too, just like you killed Tear Stain during a stun… ☜

2. T/N: in real life, this player would be kicked out of the guild so fast he won’t even have the time to say "I’m sorry!" ☜

3. E/N: Sure dude, fight one of like three people that can make your necklace useless. Vienna, Lin Yixin, Lu Chen. You had one freaking job, and it was to avoid these people like fire. ☜

4. E/N: That’s actually pretty unlucky, Frozen status would grant him Defense bonus. Now he’ll just get onetapped. Pardon maybe? ☜

5. T/N: I thought Bleak Death would stop the effect, but no, it still works! Lu Chen really should’ve bought the necklace! ☜